Best Henri Nouwen Quotes
- I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt. Distrust
- Every time there are losses, there are choices to be made. You choose to live your losses as passages to anger, blame, hatred, depression and… Anger
- One of the remarkable qualities of the story is that it creates space. We can dwell in a story, walk around, find our own place.… Around Find
- 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 the… Asks
- To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by speeches, arguments,… Accept
- Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and welcoming… Accepted
- Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and… Become Friends
- The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others? Death
- Today I personally believe that while Jesus came to open the door to God's house, all human beings can walk through that door, whether they… All
- This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love. Brief
- Our spiritual life is a life in which we wait, actively present to the moment, expecting that new things will happen to us, new things… Actively
- Christian community is the place where we keep the flame of hope alive among us and take it seriously so that it can grow and… Alive
- What once seemed such a curse has become a blessing. All the agony that threatened to destroy my life now seems like the fertile ground… Agony
- Do not despair, thinking that you cannot change yourself after so many years. Simply enter into the presence of Jesus as you are and ask… Affection
- You have to dare to live through the pain and struggle. Acknowledge your anguish but do not let it pull you out of yourself. Hold… Acknowledge
- The more you are called to speak for God's love, the more you will need to deepen the knowledge of that love in your own… Abundant
- Think of each wound as you would of a child who has been hurt by a friend. As long as that child is ranting and… Been
- Fundraising is a very rich and beautiful activity. It is a confident, joyful and hope-filled expression of ministry. In ministering to each other, each from… Activity
- When we approach fundraising in a spirit of gratitude, our confidence in our mission does not depend on how the person we are with responds… Approach
- One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are beautiful for us… Aspect
- The world is waiting for new saints, ecstatic men and women who are so deeply rooted in the love of God that they are free… Deeply
- It is to this silence [contemplative prayer] that we all are called. All
- Prayer is not one of the many things the community does. Rather, it is its very beingBut when prayer is no longer its primary concern,… Activities
- Joy is what makes life worth living, but for many joy seems hard to find. They complain that their lives are sorrowful and depressing. What… Brings
- Only in the context of the great encounter with Jesus can a real authentic struggle take place. The encounter with Christ does not take place before,… Authentic
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