Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of…

Henri Nouwen
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Solitude is the place of purification and transformation, the place of the great struggle and the great encounter. ✨ Henri J. M. Nouwen (2016). The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen, p.20, HarperCollins
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