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 NOUWENYou don’t think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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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 curing, not healing that is a friend who cares.
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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.
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The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
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My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.
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Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you.
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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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Every time there are losses, there are choices to be made. You choose to live your losses as passages to anger, blame, hatred, depression and resentment, or you choose to let these losses be passages to something new, something wider, and deeper.
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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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Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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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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For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.
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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.
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Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.
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