Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not…

Quote by Henri Nouwen

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Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended...

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended...

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,...

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,...

It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.

It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear...

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear...

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,...

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,...

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us,...

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us,...

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us,...

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us,...

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no...

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no...

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended...

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended...

A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or...

A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or...

Throw out the judgments and bring in the acceptance & love.

Throw out the judgments and bring in the acceptance & love.

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are,...

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are,...

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

One already wet does not feel the rain.

One already wet does not feel the rain.

Honesty and acceptance is an ongoing practice, which is essential to having clear communication with...

Honesty and acceptance is an ongoing practice, which is essential to having clear communication with...

They stick you with those names, those labels -- 'rebel' or whatever; whatever they like...

They stick you with those names, those labels -- 'rebel' or whatever; whatever they like...

If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going...

If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going...

Accept your humanness as well as your divinity, totally and without reserve.

Accept your humanness as well as your divinity, totally and without reserve.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle....

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human...

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human...

That one friend that can make anything funny just by the way they say it.

That one friend that can make anything funny just by the way they say it.

There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.

There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.

Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from...

Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from...