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Moment Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we can find salvation in a…
- 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…
- 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…
- Our life is...a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
- Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be…
- From the moment we claim the truth of being the beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we are.
- Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world.
- Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present…
- 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…
- Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be…
- The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief…
- God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful and painful.
- When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of…
- When we no longer pray, no longer listen to the voice of love that speaks to us in the moment, our lives become absurd lives…
- 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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- If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I… — Margaret Atwood
- Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. — John James Audubon
- A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
- It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed… — Jane Austen
- Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever. — Paul Auster
- Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our… — Paul Auster
- When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to… — Teresa of Avila
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach