579 Quotes by Henri J.M. Nouwen

We are called to witness, always with our lives and sometimes with our words, to the great things God has done for us.

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.

In God’s eyes the most significant is often the most hidden.

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

With a friend we don’t have to say or do something special. With a friend we can be still and know that God is there with both of us.

As long as we continue to live as if we are what we do, what we have, and what other people think about us, we will remain filled with judgments, opinions, evaluations, and condemnations. We will remain addicted to putting people and things in their “right” place.

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.

Christmas is believing that the salvation of the world is God’s work, and not mine.

Our God is a God who cares, heals, guides, directs, challenges, confronts, corrects. To discern means first of all to listen to God, to pay attention to God’s active presence, and to obey God’s prompting, direction, leadings, and guidance.