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.
HENRI NOUWENThe 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.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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The only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
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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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Your heart is greater than your wounds.
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The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing that is a friend who cares.
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I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
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One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are.
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In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
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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.
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I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
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Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
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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.
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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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Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking.
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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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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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