Destroying Quote by Henri Nouwen Download Open image “Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.” — Henri Nouwen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Destroying First Firsts Midst Our Responsibility Us Violence
In the ever-evolving society we live in, it is the responsibility of all of us, as individuals and as Americans, to rid ourselves of… — Kurt Schrader Copy Share Image
To cure the violence, we must identify and heal the causes of hatred and violence. If we don't deal with the causes we will… — Peter Yarrow Copy Share Image
To cure the violence, we must identify and heal the causes of hatred and violence. If we dont deal with the causes we will… — Peter Yarrow Copy Share Image
Our primary objective must be to prevent wars, and when we fail in this, we must protect and assist the innocent victims. — King Felipe VI Copy Share Image
As a nation, this is the moment to start seriously investing our time, energy and resources into proven methods of reducing violence, both within… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
The first responsibility of any just government is to defend the defenseless. — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
Our first responsibility in all things is to preserve our goodness of heart - then and only then act. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the… — Carrie P. Meek Copy Share Image
We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of fruits that… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each other's eyes to the great human… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
...we all want to hear stories, from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Stories connect our little lives with the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or her into… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus says, "Keep your heart on the kingdom first. Keep your heart on God's love. Keep focused on the fact that you are God's… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without condition or limits. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The more preoccupied we are with security the more visible the force of death becomes, whether in the form of a pistol beside our… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I choose L'Arche; L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life of aimless… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is a different ball of wax. I've been trying to say for I don't know how many months now that the traditional… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
What Wall Street and credit card companies are doing is really not much different from what gangsters and loan sharks do who make predatory… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Work and leisure are complementary parts of the same living process and cannot be separated without destroying the joy of work and the bliss… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
If the civil magistrate be a Christian, a disciple or follower of the meek Lamb of God, he is bound to be far from… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The future is religion and commerce, aphrodisiac and Benzedrine, a mother of mysterious comfort and a mistress of familiar ravishments ever on the verge… — Eugene Kennedy Copy Share Image
Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Even if we are destroying this planet, we are playing our role perfectly. — Bryan Kest Copy Share Image