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Ground Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like the fertile ground…
- Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be…
- The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed…
- Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
- The more you have loved and have allowed yourself to suffer because of your love, the more you will be able to let your heart…
- Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study,…
- Often we come home from a sharing session with a feeling that something precious has been taken away from us or that holy ground has…
More Ground Quotes
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky. — Paul Auster
- I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a realist writer,… — Paul Auster
- As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved… — Diane Ackerman
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was… — Michelle Bachelet
- Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which… — Honore de Balzac
- Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. — Douglas Adams
- In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. — Douglas Adams
- Daisies are like sunshine to the ground. — Drew Barrymore
- To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it… — Joseph Addison