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,...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Too many people go through life waiting for things to happen instead of making them...

Too many people go through life waiting for things to happen instead of making them...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life...

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life...

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be...

I consciously choose the dog's path through life. I shall be poor; I shall be...

Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and...

Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and...

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if...

You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if...

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...

Life has so many great options but you don't have to pick what seems to...

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded...

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.