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Real Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the more fully we become aware…
- The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others?
- 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,…
- 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…
- Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest…
- The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.
- Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have…
- People who have known the joy of God point each other to flashes of light here and there, and remind each other that they reveal…
- Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my…
- I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.
- 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…
- The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable…
- 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…
- Christian life is not a life divided between times for action and times for contemplation. No. Real social action is a way of contemplation, and…
- Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer…
- ...real care means the willingness to help each other in making our brokenness into the gateway to joy.
- As long as we relate to the trees, the rivers, the mountains, the fields and the oceans as properties which we can manipulate according to…
- Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual vulnerability.
- The friend who cares makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters. In fact,…
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- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
- We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs. — Bashar al-Assad
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
- Crying wolf is a real danger. — David Attenborough
- I believe the Abominable Snowman may be real. I think there may be something in that. — David Attenborough
- Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and… — David Attenborough