"Hospitality is not to change people, but to……" — Henri Nouwen

Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where… - Henri Nouwen

"Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place."

— Henri Nouwen

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343 Quotes by Henri Nouwen

Henri Nouwen has 343 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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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More Change Quotes

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Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from… — Billie Joe Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in… — David Attenborough
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our… — David Attenborough
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,… — David Attenborough
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also… — David Attenborough
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. — Dean Acheson
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius

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