Henri Nouwen on doubt
Henri Nouwen68 quotes“I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.”
More from Henri Nouwen
One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen 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.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen 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.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen 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 NouwenHenri Nouwen 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.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen 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.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen
Original quotes
From our community writers
Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
Laura CleggLaura Clegg
Meet the writers
More on doubt
An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow It’s kind of a rule of thumb for me to self-doubt going into any kind of project. I always think that I shouldn’t be doing it and I don’t know how to do it and I’m going to fail and that I fooled them. I always try to find a way out.
Heath LedgerHeath Ledger A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
FinneasFinneas I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
Clarence DarrowClarence Darrow
