More Quotes

The following two quotes are from the DVD documentary on Henry Nouwen entitled "Journey of the Heart". The final quote is by Dietrich Bonhoffer.

"What is most personal is most universal." - Henri Nouwen

"God has loved us before the creation of the earth and He has gifted us with these few short years on this planet tht we might have the chance to say, 'I love you too'." - Adapted from Henri Nouwen

"Conversion is claiming again and again and again the truth of myself. And what is the truth of myself? That I am God's beloved child long before my father and my mother and my teachers and my church got involved. And I will be God's beloved child long after I have died." - Henri Nouwen

"The first service we owe to others in fellowship is to listen to them. If we fail to listen, there are spiritual consequences. He who can no longer listen to his brother, will soon be no longer listening to God either." - Dietrich Bonhoffer