Quoting from Nouwen
I have mentioned that Reaching Out by Henri Nouwen is one of my favourite books about spiritual things. Below is an assortment of quotations from it, however the essence of the book cannot be captured in a few short clips.
“I wanted to write this book because it is my growing conviction that my life belongs to others just as much as it belongs to myself and that what is experienced as most unique often proves to be most solidly embedded in the common condition of being human.“
“Does not all creativity ask for a certain encounter with our loneliness, and does not the fear of this encounter severely limit our possible self expression?“
