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Henri Nouwen Quotes

As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of the Holy Spirit Picture Quote #1

No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the fact that, beyond your anguish, there are human hands that hold you and show you God’s faithful love Picture Quote #1

Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God’s faithful presence in our lives Picture Quote #1

Hope is willing to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown. Hope makes you see God’s guiding hand not only in the gentle and pleasant moments but also in the shadows of disappointment and darkness Picture Quote #1

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 Jesus Picture Quote #1

Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be Picture Quote #1

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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 do nothing. As disciples, we find not some but all of our strength, hope, courage, and confidence in God. Therefore, prayer must be our first concern Picture Quote #1

We are called to be fruitful - not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness Picture Quote #1

The way of Jesus is radically different. It is the way not of upward mobility but of downward mobility. It is going to the bottom, staying behind the sets and choosing the last place! Why is the way of Jesus worth choosing? Because it is the way to the Kingdom, the way Jesus took, and the way that brings everlasting life Picture Quote #1

Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility Picture Quote #1

Lord Jesus, master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We whose hearts are heavy seek the joy of your presence. We are your people, walking in darkness, yet seeking the light. To you we say, ‘Come Lord Jesus!’ Picture Quote #1

Nuclear man is the man who realizes that his creative powers hold the potential for self-destruction. He sees that in this nuclear age vast new industrial complexes enable man to produce in one hour that which he labored over for years in the past, but he also realizes that these same industries have disturbed the ecological balance and, through air and noise pollution, have contaminated his own milieu Picture Quote #1

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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 go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come Picture Quote #1

Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life Picture Quote #1

I am working on three things: on being a prayerful person; on staying close to the handicapped; and on my writing. These are my constant concerns Picture Quote #1

The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness Picture Quote #1

Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you’re not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that you hadn’t planned or counted on Picture Quote #1

Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God’s work, and not mine Picture Quote #1

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The great #ÂŽ conversion called for by Jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to God Picture Quote #1

We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words Picture Quote #1

The beatitudes say, Blessed are the poor. They don’t say, Blessed are those who care for the poor Picture Quote #1

Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . Picture Quote #1

The most important thing I’ve come to believe in is that people with mental handicaps have a unique mission to bring God’s blessing to the World Picture Quote #1

God doesn’t give us just enough. God gives us more than enough: more bread and fish than we can eat, more love than we dared to ask for Picture Quote #1

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Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It’s a great honor to invite children to read with adults Picture Quote #1

Once you are in communion with God, you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear other people in whom God has also found a dwelling place Picture Quote #1

The great call for the Church is to not just be concerned about right or wrong behavior, which is moral life, but about communion with God, which is mystical life Picture Quote #1

Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships Picture Quote #1

God, help me to see others not as enemies or as ungodly but rather as thirsty people. And give me the courage and compassion to offer your Living Water, which alone quenches deep thirst Picture Quote #1

What is Hope?Hope is that inner dynamic that compels us to explore and pursue the expectations built into the human condition. Hope was born the day the first human beings discovered the first bridge and decided not to jump off the bridge in despair, but to cross it Picture Quote #1

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As ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of the Holy Spirit (Henri Nouwen Quotes) No one person can fulfill all your needs. But the community can truly hold you. The community can let you experience the fact that, beyond your anguish, there are human hands that hold you and show you God’s faithful love (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God’s faithful presence in our lives (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Hope is willing to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown. Hope makes you see God’s guiding hand not only in the gentle and pleasant moments but also in the shadows of disappointment and darkness (Henri Nouwen Quotes) 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 Jesus (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Where true inner freedom is, there is God. And where God is, there we want to be (Henri Nouwen Quotes) 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 do nothing. As disciples, we find not some but all of our strength, hope, courage, and confidence in God. Therefore, prayer must be our first concern (Henri Nouwen Quotes) We are called to be fruitful - not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The way of Jesus is radically different. It is the way not of upward mobility but of downward mobility. It is going to the bottom, staying behind the sets and choosing the last place! Why is the way of Jesus worth choosing? Because it is the way to the Kingdom, the way Jesus took, and the way that brings everlasting life (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Lord Jesus, master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas. We whose hearts are heavy seek the joy of your presence. We are your people, walking in darkness, yet seeking the light. To you we say, ‘Come Lord Jesus!’ (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Nuclear man is the man who realizes that his creative powers hold the potential for self-destruction. He sees that in this nuclear age vast new industrial complexes enable man to produce in one hour that which he labored over for years in the past, but he also realizes that these same industries have disturbed the ecological balance and, through air and noise pollution, have contaminated his own milieu (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and resentment? Did I forgive? Did I love? These are the real questions. I must trust that the little bit of love that I sow now will bear many fruits, here in this world and the life to come. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) I am working on three things: on being a prayerful person; on staying close to the handicapped; and on my writing. These are my constant concerns. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you’re not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that you hadn’t planned or counted on. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God’s work, and not mine (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The great #ÂŽ conversion called for by Jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to God. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) We must ask ourselves how many times others would benefit more from our silence than from our words. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The beatitudes say, Blessed are the poor. They don’t say, Blessed are those who care for the poor. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Forgiveness changes the way we remember. It converts the curse into a blessing. Forgiveness indeed heals memories . . . (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The most important thing I’ve come to believe in is that people with mental handicaps have a unique mission to bring God’s blessing to the World. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) God doesn’t give us just enough. God gives us more than enough: more bread and fish than we can eat, more love than we dared to ask for. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It’s a great honor to invite children to read with adults. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Once you are in communion with God, you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear other people in whom God has also found a dwelling place. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The great call for the Church is to not just be concerned about right or wrong behavior, which is moral life, but about communion with God, which is mystical life. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) God, help me to see others not as enemies or as ungodly but rather as thirsty people. And give me the courage and compassion to offer your Living Water, which alone quenches deep thirst. (Henri Nouwen Quotes) What is Hope?Hope is that inner dynamic that compels us to explore and pursue the expectations built into the human condition. Hope was born the day the first human beings discovered the first bridge and decided not to jump off the bridge in despair, but to cross it (Henri Nouwen Quotes)

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