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In solitude we discover that community is not a common ideology, but a response to a common call.

In solitude we discover that community is not a common ideology, but a response to a common call.
– Henri Nouwen

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  4. Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. – Viktor E Frankl
  5. We are still living with the ideology of compromise, not with the ideology of recognition – Dipin Damodharan
  6. Prayer is the center of the Christian life. It is the only necessary thing. It is living with God in the here and now. – Henri JM Nouwen
  7. Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. – Henri JM Nouwen
  8. Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world. – Henri JM Nouwen
  9. When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become. – Henri JM Nouwen
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  12. Jesus changes our history from a random series of sad incidents and accidents into a constant opportunity for a change of heart. – Henri JM Nouwen
  13. First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak. – Henri JM Nouwen
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  19. Concentrate on a single feature -“ as, build all toward one eye -“ make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri) – Robert Henri
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