Quotes by Henri J.M. Nouwen

Explore a curated collection of 31 quotes by Henri J.M. Nouwen. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. W — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most love cause — Henri J.M. Nouwen
The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in m — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us to shar — Henri J.M. Nouwen
People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life. — Henri J.M. Nouwen
A friend is more than a therapist or confessor, even though a friend can sometimes heal us and offer us God's forgivenes — Henri J.M. Nouwen
There is a twilight zone in our hearts that we ourselves cannot see. Even when we know quite a lot about ourselves-our g — Henri J.M. Nouwen
In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us. — Henri J.M. Nouwen
I can be happy or unhappy in all situations. I am sure of it, because I have been. I have felt distraught and joyful in — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Christian life is not a life divided between times for action and times for contemplation. No. Real social action is a w — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome — Henri J.M. Nouwen
[Praying] demands that you take to the road again and again, leaving your house and looking forward to a new land for yo — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Jesus promises a life in which we increasingly have to stretch out our hands and be led into places where we would rathe — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner dispositio — Henri J.M. Nouwen
Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner dispositio — Henri J.M. Nouwen
First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak. — Henri J.M. Nouwen