Simply being with someone is difficult because it asks of us that we share in the other's vulnerability, enter with him or… — 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
The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Do not despair, thinking that you cannot change yourself after so many years. Simply enter into the presence of Jesus as you… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The great teachers are always those who can live the tension. They are not criticizing everybody, they're not complaining. They give young… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
If we want other people to give us something that only God can give, we become a demon. We say, "Love me!"… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your brothers and… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love. — 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
Indeed, when God's glory dwells in me, there is nothing too far away, nothing too painful, nothing too strange or too familiar… — 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
Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with him and him alone. Only in the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Friendship is one of the greatest gifts a human being can receive. It is a bond beyond common goals, common interests, or… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We have probably wondered in our many lonesome moments if there is one corner in this competitive, demanding world where it is… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover...… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
A sense of solitude is one of the most beautiful things that parents can give a child. It doesn't mean leaving the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
God doesn't give us just enough. God gives us more than enough: more bread and fish than we can eat, more love… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we no longer pray, no longer listen to the voice of love that speaks to us in the moment, our lives… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we give generously, with an abundance mentality, what we give away will multiply. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power… — 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
