464 Quotes by Henri Nouwen

In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.

Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual vulnerability.

As long as we have our stories there is hope.

When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.

The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.

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

The Lord is coming, always coming. When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. Life is Advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord

Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is not our spontaneous response to suffering. What we desire most is to do away with suffering by fleeing from it or finding a quick cure for it.

God doesn't give us just enough. God gives us more than enough: more bread and fish than we can eat, more love than we dared to ask for.