My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.
HENRI NOUWENI am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.
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The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangled in the illusions of the false self.
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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.
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You don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
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You have to listen to the one who calls you beloved. That has to be affirmed over and over again. That is prayer – listening to the voice of the one who calls you “the beloved.”
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We are all healers who can reach out and offer health, and we are all patients in constant need of help.
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Your heart is greater than your wounds.
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One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are.
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Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life. We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him.
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Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical; it ought to be restless; it ought to lead you to places you’d rather not go.
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The spiritual life is a life beyond moods. It is a life in which we choose joy and do not allow ourselves to become victims of passing feelings of happiness or depression.
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Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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