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The Father's love does not force itself on the beloved.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
What is important is how well we love. God will make our
love fruitful, whether we see that fruitfulness or not. — Henri Nouwen
love fruitful, whether we see that fruitfulness or not. — Henri Nouwen
My hope is that the description of God's love in my life will give you the freedom and the courage to discover ... God's love in yours.
— Henri Nouwen
Sometimes in the same week. There might even be - though
— David Foster Wallace
You can only seek God when you have already found God. The desire for God's unconditional love is the fruit of having been touched by that love.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
God doesn't give us just enough. God gives us more than enough: more bread and fish than we can eat, more love than we dared to ask for.
— Henri Nouwen
God is there. God's light is there. God's forgiveness is there. God's boundless love is there.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
Let's dare to enter into an intimate relationship with God without fear, trusting that we will receive love and always more love.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.
— Henri Nouwen
In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
— Henri Nouwen
The pain that comes from deep love makes your love more fruitful. It is like a plow that breaks the ground to allow the seed to take root.
— Henri Nouwen
I am beginning to experience that an unconditional, total love of God makes a very articulate, alert, and attentive love for the neighbor possible.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
If God is compassionate, then certainly those who love God should be compassionate as well.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
Our greatest fulfillment lies in giving ourselves to others.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
When you have loved deeply, that love can grow even stronger after the death of the person you love. That is the core message of Jesus.
— Henri Nouwen
Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know that I am moving from fear to love.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
This brief lifetime is my opportunity to receive love, deepen love, grow in love, and give love.
— Henri Nouwen
Life is just a little opportunity for you during a few years to say to God: 'I love you, too.'
— Henri Nouwen
If your heart is full of fear, you won't seek truth; you'll seek security. If a heart is full of love, it will have a limbering effect on the mind.
— William Sloane Coffin
Jesus' whole life and mission involve accepting powerlessness and revealing in this powerlessness the limitlessness of God's love.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability to think but our ability to love.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
Do not hesitate to love and to love deeply.
— Henri Nouwen
No straight lines make up my life; And all my roads have bends; There's no clear-cut beginnings; And so far no dead-ends.
— Harry Chapin
truly accepting love, forgiveness, and healing is often much harder than giving it.
— Henri J.M. Nouwen
To be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is finer.
— Mark Twain