It is freeing to become aware that we do not have to be victims of our past and can learn new ways… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Most Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power… — 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
It's an incredible mystery of God's love that the more you know how deeply you are loved, the more you will see… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Somehow, somewhere, I know that God loves me, even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
L'Arche is not a service institution or a group home. It is a community that exists to reveal God's love. Our people… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is a choice… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others? — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Let's dare to enter into an intimate relationship with God without fear, trusting that we will receive love and always more love. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus invites us to abide in his love. That means to dwell with all that I am in him. It is an… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
You have to dare to live through the pain and struggle. Acknowledge your anguish but do not let it pull you out… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more you have loved and have allowed yourself to suffer because of your love, the more you will be able to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is to be… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When you pray, you open yourself to the influence of the power which has revealed itself as love. The power gives you… — 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
No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the… — 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
Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
This is what life is about. It is being sent on a trip by a loving God, who is waiting at home… — 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
