"Trust that the treasure we look for is……" — Henri Nouwen
"Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand."
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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 Ground Quotes
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The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the…
— Aristotle
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You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.
— Paul Auster
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I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a…
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
— Diane Ackerman
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I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to…
— Teresa of Avila
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise…
— Sai Baba
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The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when…
— Michelle Bachelet
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Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree…
— Honore de Balzac
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Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
— Douglas Adams
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In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
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Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.
— Drew Barrymore
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To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact…
— Joseph Addison
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