We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable… — 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
Community life is not easy for somebody like me, who is used to living by himself and doing what he wants. It's… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Home is the center of my being where I can hear the voice that says: 'You are my Beloved, on you my… — 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
Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“The spiritual life is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit, who lifts us up into the kingdom of… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a common… — 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
The way of Jesus is radically different. It is the way not of upward mobility but of downward mobility. It is going… — 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
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
The spiritual life is a life beyond moods. It is a life in which we choose joy and do not allow ourselves… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Without Pentecost the Christ-event - the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus - remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling to the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The great call for the Church is to not just be concerned about right or wrong behavior, which is moral life, but… — 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
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
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
