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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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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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,...

A person who cares deeply about what people need in their lives is someone I'll...

A person who cares deeply about what people need in their lives is someone I'll...

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the...

Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the...

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right or better.

A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries...

A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries...

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame.

Who cares what happens when we get there, when the getting there has been so...

Who cares what happens when we get there, when the getting there has been so...

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic...

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic...

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

I'm not going to say, I'm an actor and I'm changing the world. Who cares?

I'm not going to say, I'm an actor and I'm changing the world. Who cares?