Precisely where I feel my poverty is where I discover God's blessing. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When I was teaching, I didn't feel I had a home, a place where I truly belonged. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If you feel loved, you can do a thousand things. If you feel rejected, everything becomes a problem. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Where are you getting your affection? Who's touching you? Who's holding you? Who makes you feel alive? Who says, "You are a… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Based or our baptism, all are called to a mystical life, to communion with God. We need to claim that, to taste… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Our inclination is to show our Lord only what we feel comfortable with. But the more we dare to reveal our whole… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In 1970 I felt so lonely that I could not give; now I feel so joyful that giving seems easy. I hope… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Our Western society is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening ways, but the experience of fear, anxiety and even despair… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In community, where you have all the affection you could ever dream of, you feel that there is a place where even… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It is hard to bear with people who stand still along the way, lose heart, and seek their happiness in little pleasures… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When you pray, you open yourself to the influence of the power which has revealed itself as love. The power gives you… — 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… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Somehow, somewhere, I know that God loves me, even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's… — 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
