Henri Nouwen Quotes About Hospitality

Quotes about: Hospitality

• Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place.

  Henri Nouwen

  Space, People, Hospitality

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “Reaching Out”, p.71, Image

• Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully, and even to dare to be silent with you.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Self, Listening

• Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines.

  Henri Nouwen

  Mean, Men, Space

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “Reaching Out”, p.71, Image

• True Hospitality is welcoming the stranger on her own terms. This kind of hospitality can only be offered by those who've found the center of their lives in their own hearts.

  Henri Nouwen

  Home, Heart, Welcome

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