"The real 'work' of prayer is to become……" — Henri Nouwen
"The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me."
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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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You frighten a lot of scientists. If they say that climate is not changing, they lose their research grants. And…
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The moment you become aware of the silence, you also have become silent.
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And to stand together against homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and racist agendas. I'm an optimist. And I can't help but…
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May this marriage be blessed.May this marriage be as sweet as milk and honey.May this marriage be as intoxicating as…
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How strange it is to be human. For a short moment we are conscious of the glories of life then…
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The silence is there within us. What we have to do is to enter into it, to become silent, to…
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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I want to speak to the despisers of the body. I would not have them learn and teach differently, but…
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the real "work" of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me.…
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When the Kundalini crosses the Agnya, you become thoughtlessly aware. Thoughtlessly aware means, you are aware but there is no…
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If you become silent after your laughter, one day you will hear God also laughing, you will hear the whole…
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