464 Quotes by Henri Nouwen

Based or our baptism, all are called to a mystical life, to communion with God. We need to claim that, to taste it and feel it, to trust that the deeper we live this communion, the more our behavior will witness to the truth.

A friend is a hand that is always holding yours, no matter how close or far apart you may be. A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.

"Did I offer peace today?Did I bring a smile to someone?Did I offer healing?Did I let go of anger and resentment?Did I love?Did I forgive?These are the real questions.Trust that the littlest gesture will bear fruitshere in this world and life to come."

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.

Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day.Â