Discipline in the spiritual life is the concentrated effort to create the space and time where God can become our master and… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
One of the remarkable qualities of the story is that it creates space. We can dwell in a story, walk around, find… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Indeed, when God's glory dwells in me, there is nothing too far away, nothing too painful, nothing too strange or too familiar… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Although many, we might even say most, strangers in this world become easily the victim of a fearful hostility, it is possible… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
A sense of solitude is one of the most beautiful things that parents can give a child. It doesn't mean leaving the… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before… — 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
Teaching, therefore, asks first of all the creation of a space where students and teachers can enter into a fearless communication with… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I want my work to create space where people can meet God, rather than give them something they can "apply" to their… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
That is our vocation: to convert the enemy into a guest and to create the free and fearless space where brotherhood and… — 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
