I feel strongly that the God we meet in solitude is always the God who calls us to community.
Henri NouwenAs ministers our greatest temptation is toward too many words. They weaken our faith and make us lukewarm. But silence is a sacred discipline, a guard of the Holy Spirit.
Henri NouwenActive waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it.
Henri Nouwen[Praying] demands that you take to the road again and again, leaving your house and looking forward to a new land for yourself and your [fellow human]. This is why praying demands poverty, that is, the readiness to live a life in which you have nothing to lose so that you always begin afresh.
Henri Nouwen