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Henri Nouwen Quotes

People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life Picture Quote #1

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become Picture Quote #1

Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand Picture Quote #1

In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness Picture Quote #1

Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world Picture Quote #1

Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence Picture Quote #1

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I have found it very important... to let go of my wishes and start hoping Picture Quote #1

The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be Picture Quote #1

By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others Picture Quote #1

Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family Picture Quote #1

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines Picture Quote #1

Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you the freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land Picture Quote #1

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We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need as much care as anyone we care for Picture Quote #1

Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love life means to love its vulnerability, asking for care, attention, guidance, and support. Life and death are connected by vulnerability. The newborn child and the dying elder both remind us of the preciousness of our lives. Let’s not forget the preciousness and vulnerability of life during the times we are powerful, successful, and popular 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

So I am praying while not knowing how to pray. I am resting while feeling restless, at peace while tempted, safe while still anxious, surrounded by a cloud of light while still in darkness, in love while still doubting Picture Quote #1

Joy is hidden in sorrow and sorrow in joy. If we try to avoid sorrow at all costs, we may never taste joy, and if we are suspicious of ecstasy, agony can never reach us either. Joy and sorrow are the parents of our spiritual growth Picture Quote #1

To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now Picture Quote #1

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What is forgotten cannot be healed, and that which cannot be healed easily becomes the cause of greater evil Picture Quote #1

The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write. To write is to embark on a journey whose final destination we do not know Picture Quote #1

When I could no longer cling to my normal supports I discovered that true support and real safety lie far beyond the structures of our world Picture Quote #1

Distance never seperates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad cuz I miss you I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss Picture Quote #1

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares Picture Quote #1

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand Picture Quote #1

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Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared Picture Quote #1

Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure Picture Quote #1

He who thinks that he is finished is finished. How true. Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. Those who think they are saints, are demons Picture Quote #1

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised Picture Quote #1

One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal Picture Quote #1

Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting Picture Quote #1

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People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life (Henri Nouwen Quotes) When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Friends share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand (Henri Nouwen Quotes) In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Everything changes radically from the moment you know yourself as being sent into this world (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Prayer is not a pious decoration of life but the breath of human existence (Henri Nouwen Quotes) I have found it very important... to let go of my wishes and start hoping (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be (Henri Nouwen Quotes) By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you the freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land (Henri Nouwen Quotes) We are not the healers, we are not the reconcilers, we are not the givers of life. We are sinful, broken, vulnerable people who need as much care as anyone we care for (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Life is precious. Not because it is unchangeable, like a diamond, but because it is vulnerable, like a little bird. To love life means to love its vulnerability, asking for care, attention, guidance, and support. Life and death are connected by vulnerability. The newborn child and the dying elder both remind us of the preciousness of our lives. Let’s not forget the preciousness and vulnerability of life during the times we are powerful, successful, and popular (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) So I am praying while not knowing how to pray. I am resting while feeling restless, at peace while tempted, safe while still anxious, surrounded by a cloud of light while still in darkness, in love while still doubting (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Joy is hidden in sorrow and sorrow in joy. If we try to avoid sorrow at all costs, we may never taste joy, and if we are suspicious of ecstasy, agony can never reach us either. Joy and sorrow are the parents of our spiritual growth (Henri Nouwen Quotes) To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now (Henri Nouwen Quotes) What is forgotten cannot be healed, and that which cannot be healed easily becomes the cause of greater evil (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write. To write is to embark on a journey whose final destination we do not know (Henri Nouwen Quotes) When I could no longer cling to my normal supports I discovered that true support and real safety lie far beyond the structures of our world (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Distance never seperates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad cuz I miss you I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares (Henri Nouwen Quotes) When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure (Henri Nouwen Quotes) He who thinks that he is finished is finished. How true. Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. Those who think they are saints, are demons (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised (Henri Nouwen Quotes) One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting (Henri Nouwen Quotes)

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