“It is my growing conviction that my life belongs to others just as much as it belongs to myself and that what… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“I am a good person, known and cherished by the One who brought me to my existence. Before I was hurt, I… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“It was hard for me to see God at work in my life when I was running from class to class and… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“In the midst of a turbulent, often chaotic, life we are called to reach out, with courageous honesty to our innermost self,… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“when we listen to the Spirit, we hear a deeper sound, a different beat. ...Living a spiritually mature life requires listening to… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“it is precisely in this continuous process of confession and forgiveness that we are liberated from our isolation and encounter the possibility… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The man who articulate the movements of his inner life, who can give names to his varied experiences, need no longer be… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Holding the cup of life means looking critically at what we are living. This requires great courage, because when we start looking,… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The real mystery of marriage is not that husband and wife love each other so much that they can recognize God in… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“When we lift the cup of our life and share with one another our sufferings and joys in mutual vulnerability, the new… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Drinking the cup of life is fully appropriating and internalizing our own unique existence, with all its sorrows and joys. It is… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“We often live as if our happiness depended on having. But I don't know anyone who is really happy because of what… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The mystery of ministry is that we have been chosen to make our own limited and very conditional love the gateway for… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Prayer helps us overcome the fear that is related to building our life just on the interpersonal—“What does he or she think… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“This leaves us with the urgent question: How can we be or become a caring community, a community of people not trying… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“For most of my life I have struggled to find God, to know God, to love God. I have tried hard to… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“But mortification - literally, "making death" - is what life is all about, a slow discovery of the mortality of all that… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“There is a place far down that is like a turbulent river, and that place frightens you. But do not fear. One… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Hope is not dependent on peace in the land, justice in the world, and success in the business. Hope is willing to… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“We have to live our life, not someone else's. We have to hold our own cup. We have to dare to say:… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Aren't you, like me, hoping that some person, thing, or event will come along to give you that final feeling of inner… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The inward man is faced with a new and often dramatic task: He must come to terms with the inner tremendum. Since… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Leaving home is living as though I do not yet have a home, and must look far and wide to find one.… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Our life is a short time in expectation, a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment. There… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Yet why all this resistance? Why this powerful attraction to the darkness? Jesus says, “Everybody who does wrong hates the light and… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Moving from teaching university students to living with mentally handicapped people was, for me at least, a step toward the platform where… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“When we start being too impressed by the results of our work, we slowly come to the erroneous conviction that life is… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“We often say, “I am not very happy. I am not content with the way my life is going. I am not… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“To live a disciplined life is to live in such a way that you want only to be where God is with… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Am I afraid to die? I am every time I let myself be seduced by the noisy voices of my world telling… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Why should a man marry and have children, study and build a career; why should he invent new techniques, build new institutions,… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Jesus, however, took upon himself all this suffering and lifted it up on the cross, not as a curse but as a… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Because life is very small, you can never see it happening. Have you ever seen a tree actually grow? Can you see… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Drinking the cup that Jesus drank is living a life in and with the spirit of Jesus, which is the spirit of… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Spiritual reading, therefore, is slow, deliberate, meditative reading in which we allow the words to penetrate our heart and question our spirit.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The mystery of ministry is that we have been chosen to make our own limited and very conditional love the gateway for the unlimited… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Jesus changes our history from a random series of sad incidents and accidents into a constant opportunity for a change of heart.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Why should a man marry and have children, study and build a career; why should he invent new techniques, build new institutions, and develop… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that the Gospel proved useful for my many worries but that the Gospel proved the uselessness of my worries and so refocused… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“But mortification - literally, "making death" - is what life is all about, a slow discovery of the mortality of all that is created… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Christians should put survival of the planet ahead of national security...Here is the mystery of our global responsibility: that we are in communion with… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“We want to live as people chosen, blessed, and broken, and thus become food for the world.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Those who really can receive bread from a stranger and smile in gratitude, can feed many without even realizing it. Those who can sit… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Whereas discipline without discipleship leads to rigid formalism, discipleship without discipline ends in sentimental romanticism.” — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“When God makes a covenant with us, God says: 'I will love you with an everlasting love. I will be faithful to you, even… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Am I afraid to die? I am every time I let myself be seduced by the noisy voices of my world telling me that… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
