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.
HENRI NOUWENEvery time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by the immense healing power that keeps bursting forth like springs of fresh water from the depth of our pain.
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Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
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Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
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I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
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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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Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.
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Our life is a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
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Dear God, I am so afraid to open my clenched fists! Who will I be when I have nothing left to hold on to? Who will I be when I stand before you with empty hands? Please help me to gradually open my hands and to discover that I am not what I own, but what you want to give me.
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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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Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
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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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When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
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Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition of being human.
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The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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