Henri Nouwen quotes and words of wisdom

"Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared."
Found in the topic Vigilant.

"When we honestly ask ourselves which persons in our lives mean 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. 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 now knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."
Found in the topic Friendship.

Interesting Quotes

Rest in peace. The mistake shall not be repeated.Cenotaph in Hiroshima

All great truths begin as blasphemies.George Bernard Shaw - Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)