Henri Nouwen
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 who cares.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful...Being surrounded by love and people...In three words I can sum up everything...Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds...Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions...Failure is not our only punishment for laziness...