We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable… — 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… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
To be a Christian who is willing to travel with Christ on his downward road requires being willing to detach oneself constantly… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When I trust deeply that today God is truly with me and holds me safe in a divine embrace, guiding every one… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Jesus didn't live alone. He had Peter, John, and James around him. There were the Twelve and the other disciples. They formed… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
As long as we relate to the trees, the rivers, the mountains, the fields and the oceans as properties which we can… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time is spiritual and that we need places where people… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The Question is not how much are you going to accomplish? Or can you show some results? But are you in love… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
In 1984, Jean Vanier invited me me to visit L'Arche community in Trosly, France. He didn't say "We need a priest" or… — 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
Forgiveness means that I continually am willing to forgive the other person for not being God — for not fulfilling all my… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I'm learning that the blessing is located in our poor people, in people who are weak; they are the ones we should… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Based or our baptism, all are called to a mystical life, to communion with God. We need to claim that, to taste… — 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
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
All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy Day all… — 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 Church will always be renewed when our attention shifts from ourselves to those who need our care. The blessing of Jesus… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We need to remind each other that the cup of sorrow is also the cup of joy, that precisely what causes us… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we have sold our identity to the judges of this world, we are bound to become restless, because of a growing… — 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
