Henri Nouwen Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: January 24, 1932 - September 21, 1996

Topics

FriendshipPainWarmAdviceGiving

Live music is incredible because you get to be with people, and you get to have this tactile, real-world experience, but at the end of the day, if your eyes are closed and you're getting swept away, it's like... I don't know.

Jim James

LiveMusicEyesExperienceDayEnd

I revisit old favorites like 'Buffy' and 'Battlestar Galactica' when I'm bored. I am obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love TV.

Jessica Valenti

LoveI AmOldBoredLikeScandal

Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball.

St. Vincent

BasketballAwesomePlanetOnlyLike

At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too. But I love to arrive in a hotel. They have books, chocolate, food. I put things in the little refrigerator.

Sonia Rykiel

LoveHomeFoodChocolateHotelYou

The things I want to do mostly involve writing.

Tomi Adeyemi

WritingWantThingsInvolveMostly

There is so much shame and guilt in our society, and I think it has deprived a lot of people from living fully. We are all facing battles... We've all had someone who has hurt us. So let's talk about it.

Mary Lambert

PeopleSocietyThinkHurtSomeone

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today.

Marty Meehan

TodayCongressWashingtonWorstPale

Millennials are the experiences generation.

Julia Hartz

GenerationMillennialsExperiences

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

Joseph Wood Krutch

BeautyFoodJoyEnvironmentalEnd

A standup set ends on a buildup of tension and subsequent release for a big laugh.

Josh Gondelman

LaughReleaseBigTensionSetEnds

I would love four children because I have a very small family, so I want those big Thanksgiving dinners.

Chrissy Teigen

FamilyLoveChildrenSmallWantBig

I really love standup because it's something that I've been literally doing for 40 years, which means I'm a thousand years old.

Bob Saget

LoveDoingOldYearsSomethingBeen

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