"Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual……" — Henri Nouwen

"Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual vulnerability."

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343 Quotes by Henri Nouwen

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Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life…
Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's…
All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy…
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is…
In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling…
Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.
Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the…
When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we…
...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your…
Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is…
To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of loneliness and to…

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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is… — Pietro Aretino
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the… — Aristophanes
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief;… — Aristotle
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle

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