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Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation QUOTES

Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation QUOTES

1 " Deep and mature friendship does not mean that we keep looking each other in the eyes, constantly impressed or enraptured by each other’s beauty, talents, and gifts, but it does mean that together we look at the one who calls us to a life of service. "

― Henri J.M. Nouwen , Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation

2 " For Paul, praying is like breathing. It cannot be interrupted without mortal danger. "

― Henri J.M. Nouwen , Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation

3 " every relationship carries within its center a holy vacancy, a space that is for the first Love, God alone. "

― Henri J.M. Nouwen , Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation