Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
HENRI NOUWENForgiveness changes the way we remember.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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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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Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.
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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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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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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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The great illusion of leadership is to think that man can be led out of the desert by someone who has never been there.
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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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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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Forgiveness changes the way we remember.
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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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The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.
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Our life is a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
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Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.
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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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When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
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