Listening Quotes by Henri Nouwen

8 Listening quotes by Henri Nouwen

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Nouwen treats listening as a sacred act, inviting readers into deeper compassion. This small set offers a gentle, contemplative view of his spiritual insight.

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Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot…

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To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves…

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

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Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves…

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Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something. Prayer is to enter…

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You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is…

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Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something.

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Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to…

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This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people know that they are loved without condition or limits.

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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…

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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.

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The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's eyes, called…

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In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that…

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Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.

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