Quotes by Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

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When we say to people, 'I will pray for you,' we make a very important commitment. The sad thing is that this remark oft — Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
For many of us prayer means nothing more than speaking with God. And since it usually seems to be a quite one-sided affa — Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Prayer is standing in the presence of God with the mind in the heart; that is, at that point of our being where there ar — Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Solitude is the furnace of transformation. Without solitude we remain victims of our society and continue to be entangle — Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
To die to our neighbors means to stop judging them, to stop evaluating them, and thus to become free to be compassionate — Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Secularity is a way of being dependent on the responses of our milieu. The secular or false self is the self which is fa — Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
It is this nothingness (in solitude) that I have to face in my solitude, a nothingness so dreadful that everything in me — Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
From the heart arise unknowable impulses as well as conscious feelings, moods, and wishes. The heart, too, has its reaso — Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers