Our brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The joy that compassion brings is one of the best-kept secrets of humanity. It is a secret known only to a very… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
God, help me to see others not as enemies or as ungodly but rather as thirsty people. And give me the courage… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The immense joy in welcoming back the lost son hides in the immense sorrow that has gone before....our brokenness may appear beautiful,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Compassion- which means, literally, "to suffer with"- is the way to the truth that we are most ourselves, not when we differ… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of fruits that… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each other's eyes to the great human… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
...we all want to hear stories, from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Stories connect our little lives with the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or her into… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus says, "Keep your heart on the kingdom first. Keep your heart on God's love. Keep focused on the fact that you are God's… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without condition or limits. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The more preoccupied we are with security the more visible the force of death becomes, whether in the form of a pistol beside our… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether this situation… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I choose L'Arche; L'Arche chooses me. I would be dead if I weren't here. I need people to love me and care for me. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
