The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend…

Quote by Henri Nouwen

Topics: Friends Quotes, Friendship Quotes

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become...

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become...

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,...

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

People advising others often forget that the same advice applies to their life as well.

People advising others often forget that the same advice applies to their life as well.

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being...

Listen - listen to my advice! Only the good deeds which you have done shall...

Listen - listen to my advice! Only the good deeds which you have done shall...

If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.

If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.

Even the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security trustees appointed by the president say...

Even the Congressional Budget Office and the Social Security trustees appointed by the president say...

A good way to breakup with your girlfriend is to introduce her as your ex...

A good way to breakup with your girlfriend is to introduce her as your ex...

I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it

I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it

Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them

Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them

When working out, length is not a substitute for intensity.

When working out, length is not a substitute for intensity.