Our lives Quotes by Henri Nouwen

13 Our lives quotes by Henri Nouwen

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Nouwen’s compassionate eye captures the quiet moments that define everyday experience. Across 13 thoughtful passages, he blends spiritual insight with human vulnerability, providing a gentle companion for introspection.

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The tragedy of our lives is that, while we suffer from the wounds afflicted on us by those who love us, we…

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Our life is...a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.

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As those who are chosen, blessed, broken, and given, we are called to live our lives with a deep inner joy and…

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It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the…

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Solitude begins with a time and place for God, and him alone. If we really believe not only that God exists but…

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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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Which questions guide our lives? Which questions do we make our own? Which questions deserve our undivided and full personal commitment? Finding…

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We can be unhappy about many things, but jy can still be there... It is important to become aware that at every…

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Let's start with Jesus' answer: "Look for the kingdom first and all else will come together." Life is fragmenting, fragmented. I have…

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When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we can find…

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We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in…

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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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Jesus does not respond to our worry-filled way of living by saying that we should not be so busy with worldly affairs.…

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The more we touch the intimate love of God which creates, sustains, and guides us, the more we recognize the multitude of fruits that…

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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…

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...we all want to hear stories, from the moment we are born to the moment we die. Stories connect our little lives with the…

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I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping.

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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…

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Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.

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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…

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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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“The more preoccupied we are with security the more visible the force of death becomes, whether in the form of a pistol beside our…

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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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