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Love Quotes by Jean Vanier

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Jean Vanier writes that inviting others to live together shows no fear and a treasure of truth. He says love is showing someone their beauty, worth, and importance. Love is an act of endless forgiveness. A community is alive when it grows in love, not when defending its goods.

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There is nothing stronger than a heart which loves and is freely given.

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He who is or has been deeply hurt has a RIGHT to be sure he is LOVED.

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Love is an act of endless forgiveness.

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To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and…

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If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated…

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“We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love. ”

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We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.

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“The word love has been so abused by publicity and advertisements that we no longer know really what it means.”

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Love is to recognize that the other person is a person, is precious, is important and has value.

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Every human being is a mixture of light and darkness, trust and fear, love and hate.

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Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to…

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Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other.…

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Communion is mutual trust, mutual belonging; it is the to-and-fro movement of love between two people where each one gives and each…

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In any case, community is not about perfect people. It is about people who are bonded to each other, each of whom…

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To love someone is not first of all to do things for them,but to reveal to them their beauty and value, to…

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Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work.…

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The cry for love and communion and for recognition that rises from the hearts of people in need reveals the fountain of…

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We have to remind ourselves constantly that we are not saviours. We are simply a tiny sign, among thousands of others, that…

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A community that is growing rich and seeks only to defend its goods and its reputation is dying. It has ceased to…

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“Community and cooperation . . . Communion is based on some common inner expression of love; it is the recognition of being…

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The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope…

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“Flowing from this union, source of a plenitude of joy, the love of the couple reveals itself through the daily acceptance of…

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Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her past history of inner pain and…

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We who are rich are often demanding and difficult. We shut ourselves up in our apartments and may even use a watchdog…

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“If people in a community live only on the level of the human, rational, legalistic and active aspects and symbols of their…

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When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't…

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“But how to be present to another? Our hearts are so hard. We are so insensitive to the suffering of others. We…

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“Deep in our hearts there is a call to live in communion with others, a call to love, to create, to risk.…

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“Community as openness . . . Communities are truly communities when they open to others, when they remain vulnerable and humble; when…

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“Community as belonging . . . Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her…

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“Community, a place of healing and growth . . . The wound in all of us, and which we are all trying…

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“You see what I am driving at. The mentally handicapped do not have a consciousness of power. Because of this perhaps their…

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“I am convinced that in the present time, in spite of the difficulties man has to meet another in a state of…

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If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them.

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Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness.

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Wisdom is something that comes, little by little, through a lot of listening.

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To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.

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Look at your own poverty welcome it cherish it don't be afraid share your death because thus you will share your love…

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A Christian community should do as Jesus did: propose and not impose. Its attraction must lie in the radiance cast by the…

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When children are loved, they live off trust; their bides and hearts open up to those who respect and love them, who…

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...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship, compassion and…

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The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope and life…

All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves.

To be free is to put justice, truth and service to others over and above our personal gain or our need for recognition, power,…

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“Sympathies and antipathies . . . Human friendships can very quickly become a club of mediocrities, enclosed in mutual flattery and approval, preventing people…

A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for…

Each person is sacred, no matter what his or her culture, religion, handicap, or fragility. Each person is created in God’s image; each one…

But let us not put our sights too high. We do not have to be saviours of the world! We are simply human beings,…

Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity. As we start to really get to know others, as we…

“Have patience . . . We are not the masters of our own feelings of attraction or revulsion; these come from places in ourselves…

The people with the best sense of what is essential to a community, of what gives and maintains its spirit, are often doing very…