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When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to others with the faithful expectation that our strength will manifest itself in our shared weakness.
Henri Nouwen
Henri Nouwen
Henri Nouwen
Born: Jan 24, 1932
Died: Sep 21, 1996

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Strength, People, Will, Faithful, Expectation, Own, Nothing, Thinking, Others, Our, Ourselves, Weakness, Must, Open, Shared, Freely, Cling, Cease, Itself, Privileges, Manifest, Who, Defend

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