In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
HENRI NOUWENFor Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.
More Henri Nouwen Quotes
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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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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.
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Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.
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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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We cannot make it rain but we can see to it that the rain falls on prepared soil.
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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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Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, which prevents us from really being with the other.
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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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Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
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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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I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
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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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Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.
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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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Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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