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Them Quotes by Henri Nouwen
- All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all lived with a…
- ...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your brothers and sisters. Up until…
- Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming…
- Ministers are tempted to join the ranks of those who consider it their primary task to keep other people busy … But our task is…
- When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common search for life,…
- Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
- Home is the center of my being where I can hear the voice that says: 'You are my Beloved, on you my favor rests' -…
- We have to trust that our stories deserve to be told. We may discover that the better we tell our stories the better we will…
- Our tendency is to run from the painful realities or try to change them as soon as possible. But cure without care makes us into…
- 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…
- Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom.
- Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing…
- 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…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — 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
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster