Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, “I love you, too.”
HENRI NOUWENLife is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, “I love you, too.”
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
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I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
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If I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.
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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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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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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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Your heart is greater than your wounds.
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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don’t see the results.
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Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
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Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.
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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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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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What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
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Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
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