Prayer is first of all listening to God. It’s openness. God is always speaking; he’s always doing something.
HENRI NOUWENThe main question is not, how can we hide our wounds but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
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One of the tragedies of our life is that we keep forgetting who we are.
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What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
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The church is not an institution forcing us to follow rules but a community inviting us to still our hunger and thirst at its table.
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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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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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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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I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.
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This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.
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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved.
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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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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.
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Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, “I love you, too.”
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