Henri Nouwen Quotes about Identity

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Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.

Learning to weep, learning to keep vigil, learning to wait for the dawn. Perhaps this is what it means to be human.

Henri Nouwen

Mean, Waiting, Identity

Henri Nouwen (2013). “Reaching Out”, p.35, Image

Jesus came to announce to us that an identity based on success, popularity and power is a false identity- an illusion! Loudly and clearly he says: 'You are not what the world makes you; but you are children of God.

Henri Nouwen

Jesus, Children, Identity

To the degree that we embrace the truth that our identity is not rooted in our success, power, or popularity, but in God's infinite love, to that degree can we let go of our need to judge.

Henri Nouwen

Letting Go, Judging, Identity

In our production-oriented society, being busy, having an occupation, has become one of the main ways, if not the main way, of identifying ourselves. Without an occupation, not just our economic security but our very identity is endangered.

Henri Nouwen

Identity, Occupation, Way

"The Essential Henri Nouwen" by Henri Nouwen, (p. 152), 2009.

Henri Nouwen Quotes about Identity

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