Quotes from Henri Nouwen
In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel.
— Henri Nouwen
Precisely where I feel my poverty is where I discover God's blessing.
— Henri Nouwen
Theological formation is the gradual and often painful discovery of God's incomprehensibility. You can be competent in many things, but you cannot be competent in God.
— Henri Nouwen
If you meet God in solitude, you discover the God you meet is the God who embraces all people.
— Henri Nouwen
That's prayer to let God's Word speak deep within you and tell you, "You are my beloved. You don't have to take an eye for an eye. No, no you're too rich for that."
— Henri Nouwen
When we learn to move through suffering, rather than avoid it, then we greet it differently. We become willing to let it teach us. We even begin to see how God can use it for some larger end.
— Henri Nouwen
Prayer is the most concrete way to make our home in God.
— Henri Nouwen
The great # conversion called for by Jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to God.
— Henri Nouwen
The most important thing I've come to believe in is that people with mental handicaps have a unique mission to bring God's blessing to the World.
— Henri Nouwen
To receive spiritual direction is to recognize that God does not solve our problems or answer all our questions, but leads us closer to the mystery of our existence where all questions cease.
— Henri Nouwen
It is God's passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer.
— Henri Nouwen
Take prayer with you wherever you go. Say it anytime, and then focus your mind and heart on God.
— Henri Nouwen