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Love Quotes by Henri Nouwen

77 Love quotes by Henri Nouwen

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Henri Nouwen writes about love as a deep tie to God that fills us with fruit and freedom. He says love can bridge anger and rivalry, acting as a sign that heals divisions. He also notes that pain from love works like a plow, breaking ground for new growth.

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Who can take away suffering without entering it?

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I had a deep experience of God's love for me.

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Do not hesitate to love and to love deeply.

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Every time you reject yourself, you idealize others

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Forgiveness indeed heals memories

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Solitude is the furnace of transformation.

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In God's eyes the most significant is often the most hidden.

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If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

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Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual vulnerability.

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What is important is how well we love. God will make our love fruitful, whether we see that fruitfulness or not.

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The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others?

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Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, "I love you, too."

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Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say to God: 'I love you, too.'

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Let's dare to enter into an intimate relationship with God without fear, trusting that we will receive love and always more love.

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From the moment we claim the truth of being the beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we are.

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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.

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The question is not: How many people take you seriously? How much are you going to accomplish? Can you show some results?…

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You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is…

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In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a…

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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those…

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The tragedy of our lives is that, while we suffer from the wounds afflicted on us by those who love us, we…

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Jesus invites us to abide in his love. That means to dwell with all that I am in him. It is an…

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My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover...…

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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing-sicknes s, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, or even…

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God is faithful to God's promises. Before you die, you will find acceptance and the love you crave. It will not come…

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L'Arche is not a service institution or a group home. It is a community that exists to reveal God's love. Our people…

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Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us…

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In community, where you have all the affection you could ever dream of, you feel that there is a place where even…

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When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we can find…

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The more you are called to speak for God's love, the more you will need to deepen the knowledge of that love…

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The more you have loved and have allowed yourself to suffer because of your love, the more you will be able to…

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What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task…

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Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what…

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“Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most love cause us…

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Forgiveness changes the way we remember.

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This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.

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The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.

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Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.

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By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.

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In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.

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