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Mean Quotes by Henri Nouwen

21 Mean quotes by Henri Nouwen

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Nouwen approaches meanness from a place of compassion, reminding us that even harsh moments can become pathways to deeper empathy. These twenty‑one reflections weave his spiritual sensibility with everyday encounters, offering a gentle guide for readers seeking inner peace.

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Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.

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Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.

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To be baptized means to make the passage with the people of Israel and with Jesus from slavery to freedom and from…

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Spiritual identity means we are not what we do or what people say about us. And we are not what we have.…

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Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and…

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To be a minister means above all to become powerless, or in more precise terms, to speak with our powerlessness to the…

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A sense of solitude is one of the most beautiful things that parents can give a child. It doesn't mean leaving the…

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When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those…

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As peacemakers, we must resist all the powers of war and destruction and proclaim that peace is the divine gift offered to…

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Jesus invites us to abide in his love. That means to dwell with all that I am in him. It is an…

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Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love…

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When you're on the bus or subway or in your car, why busy your mind with all the garbage of advertisements? Why…

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Compassion- which means, literally, "to suffer with"- is the way to the truth that we are most ourselves, not when we differ…

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Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not…

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Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God — for not fulfilling all my…

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Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love. Here we see what…

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Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their…

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Lifting our cup means sharing our life so we can celebrate it. When we truly believe we are called to lay down…

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Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want…

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Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion…

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Obviously a child can never conceive solitude if his parents aren't living it somewhere themselves. I don't mean that to be alone…

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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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