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Life Is Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.
- If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation is…
- Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical; it…
- Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things…
- The mystery of the spiritual life is that Jesus desires to meet us in the seclusion of our own heart, to make his love known…
- Our life is...a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
- Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful…
- Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery…
- Discipline in the spiritual life is the concentrated effort to create the space and time where God can become our master and where we can…
- Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say to God: 'I love you, too.'
- A prayerful life is not a life in which we say many prayers, but a life in which nothing, absolutely nothing, is done, said, or…
- The spiritual life is a life beyond moods. It is a life in which we choose joy and do not allow ourselves to become victims…
- The crisis of our prayer life is that our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from him.
- Life is a gift to be grateful for and not a property to cling to.
- Life is a gift, not to possess, but to share.
- The spiritual life is a reaching out to our innermost self, to our fellow human and to our God.
- The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your…
- This is what life is about. It is being sent on a trip by a loving God, who is waiting at home for our return…
- A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little success excites me.…
- Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love life means to…
- Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
- The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
- The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is…
- In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but rather…
- We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of…
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- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. — Isaac Asimov
- The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. — Mary Astell
- If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is… — David Attenborough
- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing… — Margaret Atwood
- Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart. — Kevyn Aucoin
- We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and… — Saint Augustine
- The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks… — Marcus Aurelius
- Our life is what our thoughts make it. — Marcus Aurelius
- Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. — Marcus Aurelius
- To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution. — Marcus Aurelius
- Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a… — Sri Aurobindo