Famous Quotes / Henri Nouwen
9 Quotations by Henri Nouwen
- 1. Compassion can never coexist with judgement because judgement creates the distance, the distinction, ...
- 2. Compassion is born when we discover in the center of our own existence not only that God is God and ...
- 3. I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
- 4. Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
- 5. Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity ...
- 6. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an ...
- 7. The real enemies of life are the 'oughts' and 'ifs.' They pull us backwards into the unalterable pas ...
- 8. When we become aware that we do not have to escape our pains, but that we can mobilize them into a c ...
- 9. When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it ...