When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.
Henri NouwenIf I were to let my life be taken over by what is urgent, I might very well never get around to what is essential.
Henri NouwenSolitude is the place where we can connect with profound bonds that are deeper than the emergency bonds of fear and anger.
Henri NouwenI am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri NouwenTeaching, therefore, asks first of all the creation of a space where students and teachers can enter into a fearless communication with each other and allow their respective life experiences to be their primary and most valuable source of growth and maturation. It asks for a mutual trust in which those who teach and those who want to learn can become present to each other, not as opponents, but as those who share in the same struggle and search for the same truth.
Henri Nouwen