Henri Nouwen Quotes

As the Quakers say, "When you pray, move your feet."

Waiting is a sustained effort to stay focused on God through prayer and belief.

It is not sufficient to pray diligently for guidance, but this prayer must be followed by meditation as to the best methods of action and then action itself... because prayers can only be answered through action and if someone's action is wrong, God can use that method of showing the pathway which is right.

Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God's point of view.

Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.

One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to kneel and pray too, because people to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.

Dear Jesus, do something.

Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything. Unless in the first waking moment of the day you learn to fling the door wide back and let God in, you will work on a wrong level all day; but swing the door wide open and pray to your Father in secret, and every public thing will be stamped with the presence of God.

Communicating our questions, hopes, and fears in prayer makes them-even to ourselves-more open and clear.

I felt it better to speak to God than about Him.

For Christians, as for all people of faith, reflection, meditation and prayer help us to renew ourselves in God's love, as we strive daily to become better people. The Christmas message shows us that this love is for everyone. There is no one beyond its reach.

If you do not wish for His kingdom do not pray for it. But if you do you must do more than pray for it, you must work for it.

All our prayers are addressed in the handwriting of the heart.

At the profoundest depths in life, men talk not about God but with Him.

Never say you will pray about a thing; pray about it.

They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.

I can't quite say that I was raised Muslim, but I remember up until 5 or so I would pray, you know, with my dad. And it's actually a beautiful practice. It's giving of yourself to a higher power - no matter what you call that higher power. Living your life as close to what you think that higher power wants you to be is a really powerful thing.

All is not done when we have spoken to God by prayer; our petitions are to be pursued with real endeavours.

The making of art is no different than prayer.

We cannot really know God if we do not pray.

I pray hard, work hard, and leave the rest to God.

Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.

Never undertake anything unless you have the heart to ask Heaven's blessing on your undertaking.

..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God.

There are as many ways to pray as there are moments in life.