Our inclination is to show our Lord only what we feel comfortable with. But the more we dare to reveal our whole… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised. — 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
The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When you have loved deeply, that love can grow even stronger after the death of the person you love. That is the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“You have come to realize that you must leave it (the old country) and enter the new country, where your Beloved dwells.… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most love cause us… — Henri 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 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
If you believe you are the beloved of God, you need to spend time listening to his voice - period! You can't… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more you are called to speak for God's love, the more you will need to deepen the knowledge of that love… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
From the moment we claim the truth of being the beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we are. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we approach fundraising in a spirit of gratitude, our confidence in our mission does not depend on how the person we… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The question is not: How many people take you seriously? How much are you going to accomplish? Can you show some results?… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Every time there are losses, there are choices to be made. You choose to live your losses as passages to anger, blame,… — 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
Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the more fully… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The world is waiting for new saints, ecstatic men and women who are so deeply rooted in the love of God that… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we no longer pray, no longer listen to the voice of love that speaks to us in the moment, our lives… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is… — 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
