Henri Nouwen Quotes About Spirituality

Quotes about: Spirituality

• The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it

  Henri Nouwen

  Life, Spiritual, Doe

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2016). “The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen”, HarperCollins

• Gratitude goes beyond the 'mine' and 'thine' and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. 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.

  Henri Nouwen

  Thanksgiving, Thankful, Spiritual

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming”, p.85, Image

• The spiritual life is a reaching out to our innermost self, to our fellow human and to our God.

  Henri Nouwen

  Spiritual, Self, Life Is

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “Reaching Out”, p.15, Image

• When I could no longer cling to my normal supports I discovered that true support and real safety lie far beyond the structures of our world.

  Henri Nouwen

  Real, Lying, Our World

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