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
I am working on three things: on being a prayerful person; on staying close to the handicapped; and on my writing. These… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Where are you getting your affection? Who's touching you? Who's holding you? Who makes you feel alive? Who says, "You are a… — 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
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
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
Praying is no easy matter. It demands a relationship in which you allow someone other than yourself to enter into the very… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The Christian leaders of the future have to be theologians, persons who know the heart of God and are trained - through… — 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
To forgive another from the heart is an act of liberation. We set that person free from the negative bonds that exist… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Of one thing I am sure. Complaining is self-perpetuating and counterproductive. Whenever I express my complaints in the hope of evoking pity… — 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
