I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
HENRI NOUWENWhen we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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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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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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Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved.
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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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Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
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Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.
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It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the results of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended but a gift to be shared.
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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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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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The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
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Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
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Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.
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Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.
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Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.
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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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