Henri Nouwen Quotes

I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.

Henri Nouwen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeDepressionMy LifeProblemTalk

I've got four piercings in my left, so we've dubbed my right one the 'period drama ear.' I have to be filmed from that side when I do emotional close-ups in 'Downton.'

Jessica Brown Findlay

DramaRightEmotionalSideLeftGot

Even the king of phrasing, Frank Sinatra, did not do as well as Joe Cocker with his reinterpretation of 'Something' by George Harrison, which Sinatra called the greatest love song ever written.

Andrew Rosenthal

LoveKingSongGreatestSomething

I support American energy production, and it will be produced by companies - Exxon, BP, Shell - and continue to support American energy.

Jeff Duncan

SupportEnergyAmericanWillShell

I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young.

Amy Grant

WomanThinkGrowing OldYoungOld

In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.

Stephen Gardiner

WallTopRoofScreenGapAble

The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind.

Simon Armitage

HeartBestMindOpenBig HeartBig

I don't know what pressures there are these days.

Trevor McDonald

KnowDaysPressures

I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.

Denise Van Outen

Growing UpStartGrowingViolinUp

Food makes me happy. Make me work round the clock, but just feed me first!

Deepika Padukone

WorkFoodHappyMeClockFirst

You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

Donald Rumsfeld

LeadershipThinkingHelpPersonal

No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy.

Bret Easton Ellis

JoyHappyWritingBeing HappyBeing

There is this tradition, stretching back to Tacitus and Plutarch, that history belongs to the heroes, the emperors. But I grew up among simple people, and their stories just shattered me. It was painful that no one but me was listening to them.

Svetlana Alexievich

HistorySimplePeopleMeListening

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