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Solitude Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of loneliness and to change it by gentle and…
- Silence is a very concrete, practical, and useful discipline in all our ministerial tasks. It can be seen as a portable cell taken with us from…
- Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside…
- Solitude is the furnace of transformation.
- In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.
- Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false…
- Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter.
- It's not easy to sit and trust that in solitude God will speak to you - not as a magical voice but that God will…
- Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.
- Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study,…
- 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…
- To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of our loneliness and to change it by gentle…
- solitude begins with a time and a place for God, and God alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but also that…
- A friend is more than a therapist or confessor, even though a friend can sometimes heal us and offer us God's forgiveness. A friend is…
- 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…
- We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with Him and Him alone. Only in the context of grace…
- In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.
More Solitude Quotes
- Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
- I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness. — Karen Armstrong
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. — Francis Bacon
- Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine. — Honore de Balzac
- First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil
- Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude. — Aphra Behn
- I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone. — Elayne Boosler
- I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses… — Jorge Luis Borges
- I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient… — Emily Bronte
- Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once. — Robert Browning
- Solitude is the place of purification. — Martin Buber