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Henri J.M. Nouwen Quotes

Total quotes: 3
“The world tells you many lies about who you are, and you simply have to be realistic enough to remind yourself of this. Every time you feel hurt, offended, or rejected, you have to dare to say to yourself: ‘These feelings, strong as they may be, are not telling me the truth about myself.”
— Henri J.M. Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
Tagged: Lies, emotions, Feelings, strength, Pain, Being Offended, Rejection
“The real 'work' of prayer is to become silent and listen to the voice that says good things about me. To gently push aside and silence the many voices that question my goodness and to trust that I will hear the voice of blessing-- that demands real effort.”
— Henri J.M. Nouwen, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
Tagged: prayer, Silence, Blessings
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”
— Henri J.M. Nouwen, Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life
Tagged: Empaths, Emotion, Empathy, sympathy, Grief, Friendship, Pain, Warmth
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