Quotes by : Henri J.M. Nouwen

Often we want to be somewhere other than where we are, to even to be someone other than who we are. We....

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

When we say to people, 'I will pray for you,' we make a very important commitment. The sad thing is that....

It is tragic to see how the religious sentiment of the West has become so individualized that concepts....

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

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

At first sight, joy seems to be connected with being different. When you receive a compliment or win....

Although claiming my true identity as a child of God, I still live as though the God to whom I am returning....

The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with....

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