Best Henri Nouwen Lines
- Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world. Changes
- Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present… Active
- In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh… Blood
- The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's eyes, called the… All
- Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence. Breath
- It is precisely in times of spiritual dryness that we must hold on to our spiritual discipline so that we can grow into new intimacy… Discipline
- When you have loved deeply, that love can grow even stronger after the death of the person you love. That is the core message of… Core
- Those who are marginal in the world are central in the Church, and that is how it is supposed to be! Thus we are called… Aids
- Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be. Freedom
- Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . . Blessing
- To receive spiritual direction is to recognize that God does not solve our problems or answer all our questions, but leads us closer to the… All
- The spiritual life is a life beyond moods. It is a life in which we choose joy and do not allow ourselves to become victims… Allow
- God's Kingdom is a place of abundance where every generous act overflows its original bounds and becomes part of the unbounded grace of God at… Abundance
- That is our vocation: to convert the enemy into a guest and to create the free and fearless space where brotherhood and sisterhood can be… Brotherhood
- It's not easy to sit and trust that in solitude God will speak to you - not as a magical voice but that God will… Begins
- Through prayer we can carry in our heart all human pain and sorrow, all conflicts and agonies, all torture and war, all hunger, loneliness and… Agonies
- As long as our restlessness, anxiety, and feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each… All
- The crisis of our prayer life is that our minds may be filled with ideas of God while our hearts remain far from him. Crisis
- Prayer requires that we stand in God's presence with open hands, naked and vulnerable, proclaiming to ourselves and to others that without God we can… All
- I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping. Found
- The Church will always be renewed when our attention shifts from ourselves to those who need our care. The blessing of Jesus always comes to… Always Comes
- We are called to be fruitful - not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability… Accomplished
- Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love. Direction
- The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be. Deeper
- Home is the center of my being where I can hear the voice that says: 'You are my Beloved, on you my favor rests' -… Adam
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