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.
HENRI NOUWENThe greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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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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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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Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
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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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Community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.
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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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We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.
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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 only feelings that do not heal are the ones you hide.
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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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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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Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.
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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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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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