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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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Ministry is the least important thing. You cannot not minister if you are in communion with God and live in community. – Henri Nouwen

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

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I love life in spite of all that mars it. I love friendship, jokes and laughter. – Tahar Ben Jelloun

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I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different. – Emma Bunton

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There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce. – Voltaire

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Practice without improvement is meaningless. – Chuck Knox

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Im so thankful for the Internet because actors and singers and performers now have a way to connect with their fans on a very personal level which I think is quite special. – Ariana Grande

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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that ones work is terribly important. – Bertrand Russell

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