Henri nouwen

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering.

I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.

Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.

Solitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.

The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.

Our Western society is showing its technological muscles in ever more threatening ways, but the experience of fear, anxiety and even despair has increased in equal proportion. Indeed, the paradox is...

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.

Prayer is the most concrete way to make our home in God.