Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
In our production-oriented society, being busy, having an occupation, has become one of the main ways, if not the main way, of identifying ourselves. Without an occupation, not just our economic security but our very identity is endangered. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self. God loves us, not because of what we do or accomplish, but because God has created and redeemed us in love. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
Prayer is the beginning and the end, the source and the fruit, the core and the content, the basis and the goal of all peacemaking. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing they will move mountains and change the hearts of people wherever they go. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
I have an increasing sense that the most important crisis of our time is spiritual and that we need places where people can grow stronger in the spirit and be able to integrate the emotional struggles in their spiritual journeys. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
Our inclination is to show our Lord only what we feel comfortable with. But the more we dare to reveal our whole trembling self to him, the more we will be able to sense that his love, which is perfect love, casts out all our fears. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us. Henri Nouwen Read Quote
