When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The church is not an institution forcing us to follow rules but a community inviting us to still our hunger and thirst… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
'How much longer will I live?'... Only one thing seems clear to me. Every day should be well-lived. What a simple truth!… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I still believe that the university is a place where people can develop their minds and learn skills, but also they can… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
So I am praying while not knowing how to pray. I am resting while feeling restless, at peace while tempted, safe while… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I can choose to grateful when I am criticized, even when my heart still responds in bitterness. I can choose to speak… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your brothers and… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
We can be unhappy about many things, but jy can still be there... It is important to become aware that at every… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
It is hard to bear with people who stand still along the way, lose heart, and seek their happiness in little pleasures… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When you are still young and not yet adult, you want to hold everything in your own hands, but if you have… — 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
