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Quote by Henri Nouwen
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. – Henri Nouwen

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Jesus didnt say, Blessed are those who care for the poor. He said, Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken. It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself. – Henri Nouwen

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God
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In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel. – Henri Nouwen

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God
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The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing… not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares. – Henri Nouwen

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The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. – Elisabeth Foley

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A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, theyre really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and the value of friendship, and respecting yourself so you can respect others. – Jena Malone

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Friendship

‘Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his. – Benjamin Franklin

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Friendship

I had three chairs in my house one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. – Henry David Thoreau

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I know that Im never as good or bad as any single performance. Ive never believed my critics or my worshippers, and Ive always been able to leave the game at the arena. – Charles Barkley

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Having leveled my palace, dont erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home. – Emily Bronte

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I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration. – Robert Burns

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Wisdom is supreme; therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you; embrace her and she will honor you. – Bible

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