Quotes by : Henri J.M. Nouwen

Am I afraid to die? I am every time I let myself be seduced by the noisy voices of my world telling me....

People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.

a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.

Learn the discipline of being surprised not by suffering but by joy. As we grow old, there is suffering....

The word is always a word for others. Words need to be heard. When we give words to what we are living,....

Listening in the spiritual life is much more than a psychological strategy to help others discover themselves.....

Prayer is standing in the presence of God with the mind in the heart; that is, at that point of our being....

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is....

Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue....

Is God present or is he absent? Maybe we can say now that in the center of our sadness for his absence....