Henri Nouwen Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• Solitude is very different from a 'time-out' from our busy lives. Solitude is the very ground from which community grows. Whenever we pray alone, study, read, write, or simply spend quiet time away from the places where we interact with each other directly, we are potentially opened for a deeper intimacy with each other.

  Henri Nouwen

  Writing, Community, Solitude

  Henri Nouwen (2013). “Clowning in Rome: Reflections on Solitude, Celibacy, Prayer, and Contemplation”, p.13, Image

• The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write. To write is to embark on a journey whose final destination we do not know.

  Henri Nouwen

  Writing, Journey, Space

• People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.

  Henri Nouwen

  Writing, Thinking, Ideas

  Henri J.M. Nouwen (2013). “The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery”, p.110, Image

• My writing has developed drastically . The Return of the Prodigal Son is the most important thing I've done, and my most mature book.

  Henri Nouwen

  Book, Writing, Son

  Source: www.liguorian.org

• Someday I would love to write about Vincent van Gogh - his paintings and letters continue to inspire me very much. But it remains hard to find the time and inner rest to write.

  Henri Nouwen

  Writing, Inspire, Letters

  Source: www.liguorian.org

• One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are beautiful for us as well as for others to see.

  Henri Nouwen

  Beautiful, Writing, Treasure

• I am very grateful that I am in touch with so many different church groups. I am always very moved by the fact that so many people - practically over the spectrum of the Christian world - are responding to my writing.

  Henri Nouwen

  Christian, Grateful, Writing

  Source: archives.wineskins.org

• I have always felt that if I am very personal and connected with what I myself am living, my writing will transcend ecclesial boundaries.

  Henri Nouwen

  Writing, Boundaries, Connected

  Source: archives.wineskins.org

• Writing is not just a job. It helps me to pray. It's a way of being.

  Henri Nouwen

  Jobs, Writing, Way

  Source: archives.wineskins.org

• I am working on three things: on being a prayerful person; on staying close to the handicapped; and on my writing. These are my constant concerns.

  Henri Nouwen

  Writing, Three, Prayerful

  Source: www.liguorian.org

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