Famous Henri JM Nouwen Quotes

  • A good death is a death in solidarity with others. To prepare ourselves for a good death, we must develop or deepen this sense of solidarity. – Henri JM Nouwen

    A good death is a death in solidarity with others. To prepare ourselves for a good death, we must develop or deepen this sense of solidarity.– Henri JM Nouwen

  • Solitude is the furnace in which transformation takes place. – Henri JM Nouwen

    Solitude is the furnace in which transformation takes place.– Henri JM Nouwen

  • The measure of your solitude is the measure of your capacity for communion. – Henri JM Nouwen

    The measure of your solitude is the measure of your capacity for communion.– Henri JM Nouwen

  • The world is evil only when you become its slave. – Henri JM Nouwen

    The world is evil only when you become its slave.– Henri JM Nouwen

  • First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak. – Henri JM Nouwen

    First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.– Henri JM Nouwen

  • Jesus changes our history from a random series of sad incidents and accidents into a constant opportunity for a change of heart. – Henri JM Nouwen

    Jesus changes our history from a random series of sad incidents and accidents into a constant opportunity for a change of heart.– Henri JM Nouwen

  • Jesus promises a life in which we increasingly have to stretch out our hands and be led into places where we would rather not go. – Henri JM Nouwen

    Jesus promises a life in which we increasingly have to stretch out our hands and be led into places where we would rather not go.– Henri JM Nouwen

  • a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ. – Henri JM Nouwen

    a spiritual life without prayer is like the gospel without Christ.– Henri JM Nouwen

  • When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become. – Henri JM Nouwen

    When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.– Henri JM Nouwen

  • Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world. – Henri JM Nouwen

    Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.– Henri JM Nouwen