Henri Nouwen Quotes

It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the divine.

There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.

The closer a person is to God, the closer he is to people.

It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.

People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family.

I believe one day the distance between myself and God will / disappear.

We have no choice. We need the communion of souls and only here are they awake.

Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right; Let's get together and feel all right. Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right; Let's get together and feel all right.

When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be.

No one has seen God, but as we love one another, God lives in us.

Be not frightened at the hard words "imposition," "imposture;" give and ask no questions. Cast thy bread upon the waters. Some have, unawares, entertained angels.

To love is to be in communion with the other and to discover in that other the spark of God.

There is a communication of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer when people ask me: Why do you write about hunger, and not wars or love.

We are not worshipping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with creation.

If you're going to live in a community, you have to refrain from killing one another and stealing from one another. You must have honor and honesty in your dealings with one another. But I think the deeper thing that we need to do is to become so fully human that we don't grasp at life; we give life away. We give love away. We give being away. That is the ultimate work of religion.

Every time you are passing the test, you are coming closer to Krishna.

To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace to share.

Worshiping someone means...placing that person outside of our world. We are not worshiping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with Creation.

Fingers interlocked like a beautiful accordion of flesh or a zipper of prayer

Believers are never told to become one; we already are one and are expected to act like it.

One opens the inner doors of one's heart to the infinite silences of the Spirit, out of whose abysses love wells up without fail and gives itself to all.

I'm a very open and loving person. My whole thing has been "let love rule" since my first album. I'm about unity and peace and God.