Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The spiritual life is a reaching out to our innermost self, to our fellow human and to our God. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, "I love you, too." — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We just have to recognize life for what it is: a gift to be grateful for, not a property to cling to,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say to God: 'I love you, too.' — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Discipline in the spiritual life is the concentrated effort to create the space and time where God can become our master and… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Living in a community with very wounded people, I came to see that I had lived most of my life as a… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In a strange way the spiritual life isn't "useful" or "successful." But it is meant to be fruitful. And fruitfulness comes out… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Any dance of celebration must weave both the sorrows and the blessings into a joyful step…To heal is to let the Holy… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Who am I? Where have I come from? Where am I going?-are not questions with an answer but questions that open us… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
God is faithful to God's promises. Before you die, you will find acceptance and the love you crave. It will not come… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
People have filled an enormously important role in my life - more than books! For me, it's not the formal advising or… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we can find… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Jesus does not respond to our worry-filled way of living by saying that we should not be so busy with worldly affairs.… — 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
Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love… — 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
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
Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Our life is...a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Ministry in no way is a privilege...it is the core of the Christian life. No Christian is a Christian without being a… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
As a general remark, I would say we must move from the moral to the mystical life. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work. — 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
