Ifs Quotes by Henri Nouwen

I have always felt that if I am very personal and connected with what I myself am living, my writing will transcend…

— Henri Nouwen

Through discipline, discipline is the other side of discipleship. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to have discipline.

— Henri Nouwen

If you meet God in solitude, you discover the God you meet is the God who embraces all people.

— Henri Nouwen

If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to…

— Henri Nouwen

If you feel loved, you can do a thousand things. If you feel rejected, everything becomes a problem.

— Henri Nouwen

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…

— Henri Nouwen

I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.

— Henri Nouwen

If you are not able to be silent, you will not be able to speak well.

— Henri Nouwen

For me the university has always been an ideal context for spiritual formation. I always felt that if you want to offer…

— Henri Nouwen

Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. ...We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do…

— Henri Nouwen

Obviously a child can never conceive solitude if his parents aren't living it somewhere themselves. I don't mean that to be alone…

— Henri Nouwen

Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy…

— Henri Nouwen

If you believe you are the beloved of God, you need to spend time listening to his voice - period! You can't…

— Henri Nouwen

Joy is hidden in sorrow and sorrow in joy. If we try to avoid sorrow at all costs, we may never taste…

— Henri Nouwen

Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but…

— Henri Nouwen

If you want to know anything about community, you have to realize that the contemplative side is essential. Community without retreating and…

— Henri Nouwen

If we want other people to give us something that only God can give, we become a demon. We say, "Love me!"…

— Henri Nouwen

Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the more fully…

— Henri Nouwen

When you are still young and not yet adult, you want to hold everything in your own hands, but if you have…

— Henri Nouwen

Let's start with Jesus' answer: "Look for the kingdom first and all else will come together." Life is fragmenting, fragmented. I have…

— Henri Nouwen

Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and…

— Henri Nouwen

We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in…

— Henri Nouwen

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

Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your…

— Henri Nouwen

The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward…

— Henri Nouwen

God is your safety and your home. You are well embraced." Start living the multi-formity of life from this place. If you…

— Henri Nouwen

If you start with community and want to be faithful to community, you have to realize that what binds you together is…

— Henri Nouwen

Today's reading was "if they ask you to walk a mile, walk two. Don't take an eye for an eye or a…

— Henri Nouwen