Henri Nouwen Quotes

Works of love are always to accept and respect others.

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.

Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other

One should never condemn what one cannot understand.

Unless and until you have developed a heart inundated with compassion, do not sit on the seat of judgement.

To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.

Before you Judge me, Try hard to Love me

Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity.

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace.

After all, the only way to communicate is to find someone who can comprehend; the only way to be forgiven is to find someone who is willing to forgive.

We, the human beings in this world, if there is a spark of goodness or kindness in our hearts, avoid judging people. We prefer forgiving to judging.

Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.

Do not judge. Never presume to judge another human being anyway. That's up to heaven.

She didn’t judge him or hate him for things that weren’t his fault. She accepted him and that was the greatest miracle of all.

We miss Jesus' point entirely when we use His words as weapons against others.

I don't judge. I'm not God. We're supposed to be less judgmental and accept and be kind and love one another.

As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

I want that to be my overall message - that we just need to love each other. We need to love other more.

Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance.

We need to learn to accept and certainly mourn any harm that comes to any human being on this earth. But we also need to not be vengeful.