"The Lord is coming, always coming. When you……" — Henri Nouwen
"The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. Life is Advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord"
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343 Quotes by Henri Nouwen
Henri Nouwen has 343 quotes on this site.
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Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life…
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Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's…
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All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy…
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Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is…
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In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
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A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling…
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Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.
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Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the…
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When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we…
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...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your…
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Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is…
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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 Advent Quotes
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After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read,…
— Theodore Bikel
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The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.
— Todd Akin
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We have witnessed the terrible increases in the incidence of alcoholism, the advent of drug dependency, the protests, marches, strikes…
— Alex Campbell
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Trends in circulation and advertising - the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and…
— Eric Alterman
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Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be…
— Octave Chanute
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If you will take it into your mind to be sincere in throwing away your life for your master, you…
— Torii Mototada
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With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent…
— Sun Tzu
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The advent of the rubber ball was instrumental in creating an entirely different method of striking the object. The solid…
— Harry Vardon
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I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think, and it has to do…
— Ken Kesey
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I had fallen in love with a young man..., and we were planning to get married. And then he died…
— Gertrude B. Elion
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With the advent of Twitter and Facebook and other social networking sites, genuine privacy can only be found by renting…
— Robert Powell
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Eid is a time of joy, after a season of fasting and prayer and reflection. Each year, the end of…
— George W. Bush
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