Quotes by Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith

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Our minds are always active. We analyze, reflect, daydream, or dream. There is not a moment during the day or night when — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
At first sight, joy seems to be connected with being different. When you receive a compliment or win an award, you exper — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
The word is always a word for others. Words need to be heard. When we give words to what we are living, these words need — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
Can we only speak when we are fully living what we are saying? If all our words had to cover all our actions, we would b — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
Many voices ask for our attention. There is a voice that says, 'Prove that you are a good person.' Another voice says, ' — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
Jesus, the Blessed Child of God, is merciful. Showing mercy is different from having pity. Pity connotes distance, even — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
Listening in the spiritual life is much more than a psychological strategy to help others discover themselves. In the sp — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
Mostly we think of people with great authority as higher up, far away, hard to reach. But spiritual authority comes from — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
We become neighbors when we are willing to cross the road for one another. (...) There is a lot of road crossing to do. — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
All human beings are alone. No other person will completely feel like we do, think like we do, act like we do. Each of u — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
When we feel lonely we keep looking for a person or persons who can take our loneliness away. Our lonely hearts cry out, — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
How can we embrace poverty as a way to God when everyone around us wants to become rich? Poverty has many forms. We have — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
There are many forms of poverty: economic poverty, physical poverty, emotional poverty, mental poverty, and spiritual po — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
One of the reasons that hiddenness is such an important aspect of the spiritual life is that it keeps us focused on God. — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
Intimacy between people requires closeness as well as distance. It is like dancing. Sometimes we are very close, touchin — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
There is a great difference between successfulness and fruitfulness. Success comes from strength, control, and respectab — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
The many contradictions in our lives – such as being home while feeling homeless, being busy while feeling bored, being — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves by sp — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith
Often we want to be somewhere other than where we are, to even to be someone other than who we are. We tend to compare o — Henri J.M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith