Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
HENRI NOUWENYour heart is greater than your wounds.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, “I love you, too.”
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Let’s not be afraid to look at everything that has brought us to where we are now and trust that we will soon see in it the guiding hand of a loving God.
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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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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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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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Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
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I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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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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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 fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don’t see the results.
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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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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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I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.
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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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The church is not an institution forcing us to follow rules but a community inviting us to still our hunger and thirst at its table.
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Once we deeply trust that we ourselves are precious in God’s eyes, we are able to recognize the preciousness of others and their unique places in God’s heart.
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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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Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
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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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Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.
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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.
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Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.
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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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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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