“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
The art of living is to enjoy what we can see and not complain about what remains in the dark. When we… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Living a spiritual life requires a change of heart, a conversion. Such a conversion may be marked by a sudden inner change,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Lifting our cup means sharing our life so we can celebrate it. When we truly believe we are called to lay down… — 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
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
But what I would like to say is that the spiritual life is a life in which you gradually learn to listen… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not… — 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
I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live… — 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
The life-converting experience is not the discovery that I have choices to make that determine the way I live out my existence,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
You are the heir to the Kingdom. Prosperity is your birth right and you hold the key to more abundance in every… — 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
