Quotes from Henri Nouwen

Aging does not need to be hidden or denied, but can be understood, affirmed and experienced as a process of growth by which the mystery of life is slowly revealed to us.

You are the heir to the Kingdom. Prosperity is your birth right and you hold the key to more abundance in every area of your life then you can possibly imagine.

There are as many ways to pray as there are moments in life.

Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you the freedom to go and stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land.

By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others.

The great challenge is to discover that we are truly invited to participate in the divine life of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

I still believe that the university is a place where people can develop their minds and learn skills, but also they can develop their personalities and their spiritual life.

In solitude we discover that community is not a common ideology, but a response to a common call.

To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.

When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.

One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there.

What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.

Dare to love and to be a real friend. The love you give and receive is a reality that will lead you closer and closer to God as well as those whom God has given you to love.

In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds.

I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.

Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say, "I love you, too."

This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.

My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover... God's love in yours.

When you have loved deeply, that love can grow even stronger after the death of the person you love. That is the core message of Jesus.

Perhaps nothing helps us make the movement from our little selves to a larger world than remembering God in gratitude. Such a perspective puts God in view in all of life, not just in the moments we set aside for worship or spiritual disciplines. Not just in the moments when life seems easy.

Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.

Solitude, community, and ministry are certainly not just for celibates! Celibates also have a hard time keeping up.

Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.

It's an incredible mystery of God's love that the more you know how deeply you are loved, the more you will see how deeply your sisters and your brothers in the human family are loved.