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Me Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
- Only in the context of the great encounter with Jesus can a real authentic struggle take place. The encounter with Christ does not take place before,…
- Now I wonder whether I have sufficiently realized that during all this time God has been trying to find me, to know me, and to…
- I am beginning now to see how radically the character of my spiritual journey will change when I no longer think of God as hiding…
- The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.
- Indeed, when God's glory dwells in me, there is nothing too far away, nothing too painful, nothing too strange or too familiar that it cannot…
- 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.…
- When I trust deeply that today God is truly with me and holds me safe in a divine embrace, guiding every one of my steps…
- 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…
- 'How much longer will I live?'... Only one thing seems clear to me. Every day should be well-lived. What a simple truth! Still, it is…
- The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love,…
- Becoming the beloved is pulling the truth revealed to me from above down into the ordinariness of what I am, in fact, thinking of, talking…
- The great spiritual task facing me is to so fully trust that I belong to God that I can be free in the world--free to…
- I know that I have to move from speaking about Jesus to letting him speak within me, from thinking about Jesus to letting him think…
- While my friend always spoke about the sun, I kept speaking about the clouds, until one day I realized that it was the sun that…
- Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who…
- I kept running around it in large or small circles, always looking for someone or something able to convince me of my Belovedness. Self-rejection is…
- the real "work" of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me. To gently push aside and…
- 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…
- It is this nothingness (in solitude) that I have to face in my solitude, a nothingness so dreadful that everything in me wants to run…
- Resentment and gratitude cannot coexist, since resentment blocks the perception and experience of life as a gift. My resentment tells me that I don't receive…
- Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought…
- 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…
- In 1970 I felt so lonely that I could not give; now I feel so joyful that giving seems easy. I hope that the day…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale