Henri J. M. Nouwen. The Way of the Heart: A Study of Contemplative Prayer and Inner Devotion. New York, HarperOne, 1991.

The great Henri Nouwen said, “What makes us human is not our mind but our heart, not our ability think but our ability to love.” In The Heart of the Way Nouwen encourages people to take the disciplines of solitude, silence and prayer more seriously. He draws from the writings of the desert mother and fathers who lived in the Egyptian desert during the fourth and fifth centuries.