More quotes by Henri Nouwen

"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand."
"The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection."
"The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised."
"Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey."
"If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend."