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World Quotes by Henri Nouwen

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Henri Nouwen reminds us that stories link our small lives to the larger world. He says love can bridge hatred and that prayer ties the heart of God to the heart of the world. He also speaks of finding a quiet voice inside, especially in the home where he feels God’s presence.

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You don't have to run around world proving you're lovable.

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Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God's work, and not mine.

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The university has become a place that prepares you for the fights in the world.

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Beneath our frantic activities, there's a deep desire to show the world we are worthwhile.

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Yes, it's a competitive world, but where is your heart?

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Be sure that you make a difference in the world.

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Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world.

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Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome…

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How do you pray? Take the gospel of each day and spend ten minutes with it. Read it, and read it again.…

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God's Kingdom is a place of abundance where every generous act overflows its original bounds and becomes part of the unbounded grace…

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When I could no longer cling to my normal supports I discovered that true support and real safety lie far beyond the…

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When we have sold our identity to the judges of this world, we are bound to become restless, because of a growing…

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In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a…

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...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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People who pray stand receptive before the world. They no longer grab but caress, they no longer bite but kiss, they no…

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We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in…

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We have probably wondered in our many lonesome moments if there is one corner in this competitive, demanding world where it is…

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

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Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us…

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L'Arche is not a service institution or a group home. It is a community that exists to reveal God's love. Our people…

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Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a…

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In this crazy world, there's an enormous distinction between good times and bad, between sorrow and joy. But in the eyes of…

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You are a Christian only so long as you constantly pose critical questions to the society you live in, so long as…

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The more I think about the human suffering in our world and my desire to offer a healing response, the more I…

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Where is peace to be found? The answer is surprising but clear. In weakness. Why there? Because in our weakness, our familiar…

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A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little…

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The great # conversion called for by Jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to God.

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The world is waiting for new saints, ecstatic men and women who are so deeply rooted in the love of God that…

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The most important thing I've come to believe in is that people with mental handicaps have a unique mission to bring God's…

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Home is the center of my being where I can hear the voice that says: 'You are my Beloved, on you my…

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I am very grateful that I am in touch with so many different church groups. I am always very moved by the…

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Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let…

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We enter into solitude first of all to meet our Lord and to be with him and him alone. Only in the…

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

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Although many, we might even say most, strangers in this world become easily the victim of a fearful hostility, it is possible…

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It is not easy to enter into the silence and reach beyond the many boisterous and demanding voices of our world and…

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As those who are chosen, blessed, broken, and given, we are called to live our lives with a deep inner joy and…

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Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! Thus…

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The friend who cares makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really…

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Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to…

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

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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…

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.

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In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that…

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