Beneath our frantic activities, there's a deep desire to show the world we are worthwhile. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
...the word that seems best to summarize the desire of the human heart is 'communion.' ...wherever we look it is communion that… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I am deeply convince that the necessity of prayer, and to pray unceasingly, is not as much based on our desire for… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The central question is, Are the leaders of the future truly men and women of God, people with an ardent desire to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The dance of life finds its beginnings in grief......Here a completely new way of living is revealed. It is the way in… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus has to be and become ever more the center of my life. It is not enough that Jesus is my teacher,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The life-converting experience is not the discovery that I have choices to make that determine the way I live out my existence,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Of one thing I am sure. Complaining is self-perpetuating and counterproductive. Whenever I express my complaints in the hope of evoking pity… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Joy is what makes life worth living, but for many joy seems hard to find. They complain that their lives are sorrowful… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The mystery of the spiritual life is that Jesus desires to meet us in the seclusion of our own heart, to make… — 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
