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Important Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's the place in which you…
- We can be unhappy about many things, but jy can still be there... It is important to become aware that at every moment of our…
- Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest…
- Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own.
- I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping.
- One of the experiences of prayer is that it seems that nothing happens. But when you start with it and look back over a long…
- Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community.
- People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better…
- I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time is spiritual and that we need places where people can grow stronger…
- I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live in hope. I…
- If we want other people to give us something that only God can give, we become a demon. We say, "Love me!" and before you…
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