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Inner Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- Living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such a conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change, or it can…
- To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments,…
- Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and…
- I can choose to grateful when I am criticized, even when my heart still responds in bitterness. I can choose to speak about goodness and…
- Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.
- It's not easy to sit and trust that in solitude God will speak to you - not as a magical voice but that God will…
- The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently…
- Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to…
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- The inner reality of love can be recognized only by love. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. — Edward Abbey
- Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest. — Charles Baudelaire
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- Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. — Martha Beck
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- You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences. — Stella Adler
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- Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. — Aesop