However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one another.
Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own.
The question, therefore, is not 'How can we make community?' but, 'How can we develop and nurture giving hearts?'


Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith (ed. Harper Collins, 2009) - ISBN: 9780061739644

Henri Nouwen Quotes

However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one...

However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one...

However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one...

However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves but for one...