Do not despair, thinking that you cannot change yourself after so many years. Simply enter into the presence of Jesus as you… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Although we tend to think about saints as holy and pious, and picture them with halos above their heads and ecstatic gazes,… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Think of each wound as you would of a child who has been hurt by a friend. As long as that child… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Without Pentecost the Christ-event - the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus - remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it.… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Where is peace to be found? The answer is surprising but clear. In weakness. Why there? Because in our weakness, our familiar… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
One of the experiences of prayer is that it seems that nothing happens. But when you start with it and look back… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
As we are involved in unceasing thinking, so we are called to unceasing prayer. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Prayer is first of all listening to God. It's openness. God is always speaking; he's always doing something. Prayer is to enter… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I am beginning now to see how radically the character of my spiritual journey will change when I no longer think of… — 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
