Want Quotes by Henri Nouwen

Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your…

— Henri Nouwen

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

— Henri Nouwen

Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be.

— Henri Nouwen

Waiting is a dry desert between where we are and where we want to be. (Finding My Way Home)

— Henri Nouwen

Through discipline, discipline is the other side of discipleship. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to have discipline.

— Henri Nouwen

I want my work to create space where people can meet God, rather than give them something they can "apply" to their…

— Henri Nouwen

Ministry means the ongoing attempt to put one's own search for God, with all the moments of pain and joy, despair and…

— Henri Nouwen

I really believe that what we finally want is to know God, as God has come to be known through Jesus. Knowledge…

— Henri Nouwen

It is very hard to stay in touch with our true identity because those who want our money, our time, and our…

— Henri Nouwen

Community life is not easy for somebody like me, who is used to living by himself and doing what he wants. It's…

— Henri Nouwen

We have to trust that our stories deserve to be told. We may discover that the better we tell our stories the…

— Henri Nouwen

We want to prove we are good writers or good business, good parents or good teachers. The world is very competitive and…

— Henri Nouwen

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

— Henri Nouwen

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

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If you start with community and want to be faithful to community, you have to realize that what binds you together is…

— Henri Nouwen

The Question is not how much are you going to accomplish? Or can you show some results? But are you in love…

— Henri Nouwen

When you are still young and not yet adult, you want to hold everything in your own hands, but if you have…

— Henri Nouwen

When we no longer pray, no longer listen to the voice of love that speaks to us in the moment, our lives…

— Henri Nouwen

Teaching, therefore, asks first of all the creation of a space where students and teachers can enter into a fearless communication with…

— Henri Nouwen

If we want other people to give us something that only God can give, we become a demon. We say, "Love me!"…

— Henri Nouwen

But what I would like to say is that the spiritual life is a life in which you gradually learn to listen…

— Henri Nouwen

If you feel a great loneliness and a deep longing for human contact, you have to be extremely discerning...and ask yourself whether…

— Henri Nouwen

I loved to teach, I loved my students, but I wanted to find a community. I prayed: "Lord, show me where you…

— Henri Nouwen

If you want to know anything about community, you have to realize that the contemplative side is essential. Community without retreating and…

— Henri Nouwen

For me the university has always been an ideal context for spiritual formation. I always felt that if you want to offer…

— Henri Nouwen

Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want…

— Henri Nouwen