We are called to be fruitful – not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness.
HENRI NOUWENI trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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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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Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
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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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Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.
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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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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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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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Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.
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Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
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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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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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Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.
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