Henri Nouwen

Quotes

• “Did I offer peace today? Did I bring a smile to someone's face? Did I say words of healing? Did I let go of my anger and...”
• “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, inste...”
• “The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and b...”
• “The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.”
• “The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.”
• “A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive.”
• “Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.”
• “If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.”