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Men Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- One of the remarkable qualities of the story is that it creates space. We can dwell in a story, walk around, find our own place.…
- The world is waiting for new saints, ecstatic men and women who are so deeply rooted in the love of God that they are free…
- 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,…
- The Question is not how much are you going to accomplish? Or can you show some results? But are you in love with Jesus? In…
- Although many, we might even say most, strangers in this world become easily the victim of a fearful hostility, it is possible for men and…
- The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.
- Although we tend to think about saints as holy and pious, and picture them with halos above their heads and ecstatic gazes, true saints are…
- Jesus was a revolutionary, who did not become an extremist, since he did not offer an ideology, but Himself. He was also a mystic, who…
- For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and…
- 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…
- when the imitation of Christ does not mean to live a life like Christ, but to live your life as authentically as Christ lived his,…
- Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to…
- ...marriage is foremost a vocation. Two people are called together to fulfill a mission that God has given them. Marriage is a spiritual reality. That…
- The mystery of one man is too immense and too profound to be explained by another man.
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
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- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
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