Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen, (Nijkerk, January 24, 1932 – Hilversum, September 21, 1996) was a Dutc...
People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life. Henri Nouwen
People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.
The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it Henri Nouwen
The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become. Henri Nouwen
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people. Henri Nouwen
Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.
Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad cuz I miss you I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss. Henri Nouwen
Distance never separates two hearts that really care, for our memories span the miles and in seconds we are there. But whenever I start feeling sad cuz I miss you I remind myself how lucky I am to have someone so special to miss.
What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love. Henri Nouwen
What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
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. Henri Nouwen
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.
The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection. Henri Nouwen
The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.
You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking. Henri Nouwen
You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life. Henri Nouwen
Pay attention to the people God puts in your path if you want to discern what God is up to in your life.
If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend. Henri Nouwen
If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. Henri Nouwen
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.