"We cannot change the world by a new plan, project, or idea. We cannot even change other people by our convictions, stories, advice and proposals, but we can offer a space where people are encouraged to disarm themselves, lay aside their occupations and pre-occupations and listen with attention and care to the voices speaking in their center."
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Reaching Out: Three Movements of the Spiritual Life (1975), p. 74
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Henri Nouwen
Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen (January 24, 1932 β September 21, 1996) was a Dutch Catholic priest and writer who authored 40 books on the spiritual life.
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