40+ Henri Nouwen Quotes On Love. 'tis the business of little minds to shrink; Like "i would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.". 'when we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. 882 quotes from henri j.m. We are pulled apart… and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together… i think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude. "so often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will) or that there are worse things in the world (which there are). The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of. Dismiss what insults your soul. But that's not what i actually needed. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears.
