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Henri Nouwen Quotes

Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy Picture Quote #1

I’ve had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I’d rather not talk about it, because it’s over. But depression is real Picture Quote #1

Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking Picture Quote #1

Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger Picture Quote #1

The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don’t see the results Picture Quote #1

When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live Picture Quote #1

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The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now Picture Quote #1

People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone Picture Quote #1

I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time is spiritual and that we need places where people can grow stronger in the spirit and be able to integrate the emotional struggles in their spiritual journeys Picture Quote #1

In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but rather an obedient response to the reality of our being united Picture Quote #1

Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Intimacy is beyond fear Picture Quote #1

The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy Picture Quote #1

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The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering Picture Quote #1

The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear Picture Quote #1

To be a minister means above all to become powerless, or in more precise terms, to speak with our powerlessness to the condition of powerlessness which is so keenly felt but so seldom expressed by the people of our age Picture Quote #1

When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to others with the faithful expectation that our strength will manifest itself in our shared weakness Picture Quote #1

Becoming the beloved is pulling the truth revealed to me from above down into the ordinariness of what I am, in fact, thinking of, talking about and doing from hour to hour Picture Quote #1

The leaders of the future will be those who dare to claim their irrelevance in the contemporary world as a divine vocation Picture Quote #1

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While my friend always spoke about the sun, I kept speaking about the clouds, until one day I realized that it was the sun that allowed me to see the clouds Picture Quote #1

You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking Picture Quote #1

We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it Picture Quote #1

One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there Picture Quote #1

Christian life is not a life divided between times for action and times for contemplation. No. Real social action is a way of contemplation, and real contemplation is the core of social action Picture Quote #1

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it Picture Quote #1

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Often we come home from a sharing session with a feeling that something precious has been taken away from us or that holy ground has been trodden upon Picture Quote #1

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day Picture Quote #1

In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds Picture Quote #1

Resentment and gratitude cannot coexist, since resentment blocks the perception and experience of life as a gift. My resentment tells me that I don’t receive what I deserve. It always manifests itself in envy Picture Quote #1

Lifting our cup means sharing our life so we can celebrate it. When we truly believe we are called to lay down our lives for our friends, we must dare to take the risk to let others know what we are living Picture Quote #1

The mystery of one man is too immense and too profound to be explained by another man Picture Quote #1

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Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy (Henri Nouwen Quotes) I’ve had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I’d rather not talk about it, because it’s over. But depression is real (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don’t see the results (Henri Nouwen Quotes) When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The spiritual life is not a life before, after, or beyond our everyday existence. No, the spiritual life can only be real when it is lived in the midst of the pains and joys of the here and now (Henri Nouwen Quotes) People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone (Henri Nouwen Quotes) I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time is spiritual and that we need places where people can grow stronger in the spirit and be able to integrate the emotional struggles in their spiritual journeys (Henri Nouwen Quotes) In solitude we become aware that we were together before we came together and that life is not a creation of our will but rather an obedient response to the reality of our being united (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Intimacy is beyond fear (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear (Henri Nouwen Quotes) To be a minister means above all to become powerless, or in more precise terms, to speak with our powerlessness to the condition of powerlessness which is so keenly felt but so seldom expressed by the people of our age (Henri Nouwen Quotes) When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to others with the faithful expectation that our strength will manifest itself in our shared weakness (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Becoming the beloved is pulling the truth revealed to me from above down into the ordinariness of what I am, in fact, thinking of, talking about and doing from hour to hour (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The leaders of the future will be those who dare to claim their irrelevance in the contemporary world as a divine vocation (Henri Nouwen Quotes) While my friend always spoke about the sun, I kept speaking about the clouds, until one day I realized that it was the sun that allowed me to see the clouds (Henri Nouwen Quotes) You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking (Henri Nouwen Quotes) We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it (Henri Nouwen Quotes) One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Christian life is not a life divided between times for action and times for contemplation. No. Real social action is a way of contemplation, and real contemplation is the core of social action (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Often we come home from a sharing session with a feeling that something precious has been taken away from us or that holy ground has been trodden upon (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day (Henri Nouwen Quotes) In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Resentment and gratitude cannot coexist, since resentment blocks the perception and experience of life as a gift. My resentment tells me that I don’t receive what I deserve. It always manifests itself in envy (Henri Nouwen Quotes) Lifting our cup means sharing our life so we can celebrate it. When we truly believe we are called to lay down our lives for our friends, we must dare to take the risk to let others know what we are living (Henri Nouwen Quotes) The mystery of one man is too immense and too profound to be explained by another man (Henri Nouwen Quotes)

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