"I have found it very important...to let go……" — Henri Nouwen
"I have found it very important...to let go of my wishes and start hoping."
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343 Quotes by Henri Nouwen
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Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life…
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Why is it important that you are with God and God alone on the mountain top? It's important because it's…
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All the great spiritual leaders in history were people of hope. Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Mary, Jesus, Rumi, Gandhi, and Dorothy…
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Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. It is…
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In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
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A life without a lonely place, that is, a life without a quiet center, easily becomes destructive. When we cling…
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Life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared.
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Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the…
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When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we…
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...When you can look into the face of human beings and you have enough light to recognize them as your…
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Your body needs to be held and to hold, to be touched and to touch. None of these needs is…
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To live a spiritual life we must first find the courage to enter into the desert of loneliness and to…
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