Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is not our spontaneous response to suffering. What we desire most is to do away with suffering by fleeing from it or finding a quick cure for it.


The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen (ed. HarperCollins, 2016) - ISBN: 9780062663504

Henri Nouwen Quotes

Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place...

Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place...

Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place...

Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place...