1815 quotes by dutch authors for you to enjoy

When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live. Henri Nouwen

Prayer You Live Recognize Still Pray Festive Gradually Realize Then Moments

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

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

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering. Henri Nouwen

Our Western society is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening ways, but the experience of fear, anxiety and even despair has increased in equal proportion. Indeed, the paradox is that the powerful giants feel as powerless as a new-born babe. Henri Nouwen

Experience Anxiety Fear Society Increased Despair Our Indeed Ways Giants Paradox Threatening More Proportion Feel Powerful Powerless Equal Western Western Society New-Born Showing Even Ever Technological Muscles Babe

Using my imagination and creativity is exciting to me. Jan de Bont

Me Creativity Imagination Exciting Using

I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough. M. C. Escher

Dreams Enough Frightening Use

As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected. Mark Rutte

Big Roman Empire Down Borders Empire Empires Know Go Roman

That's my motto: dream, believe, achieve. Memphis Depay

Achieve Believe Dream My Motto Motto

Art is the path to being spiritual. Piet Mondrian

Art Spiritual Path Being

I am a citizen of the world. Pim Fortuyn

World Citizen Am

The funny thing is most people don't approach me because they are scared, and that's fine, I want to keep it that way. But the thing is if you're not scared or get over it you learn that sometimes what you're scared of is really what you shouldn't be scared of. Rutger Hauer

I'm always interested in the moment when lives somehow accidentally cross. I think sometimes those accidental meetings can be small miracles; they can really change one's perspective on that moment and on life. Saskia de Brauw

Life Change Sometimes Perspective Miracles Think Meetings Those Cross Somehow Small Always Accidental Accidentally Interested Really Moment Lives

I can be fascinated with very little things. The clouds stimulate my imagination, and sometimes I just sit somewhere and go on dreaming for a long time. Your head is also a computer. When you're dreaming, you are simulating a world in which you are living. Theo Jansen

Time You Clouds Little Things World Sometimes Long Somewhere Long Time Sit Living Imagination Dreaming Computer Head Also Stimulate Go Very Just Which Little Your Fascinated Things