At the heart of the celebration, there are the poor. If [they] are excluded, it is not longer a celebration. [...] A… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
A society which discards those who are weak and non-productive risks exaggerating the development of reason, organisation, aggression and the desire to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
When we begin to believe that there is greater joy in working with and for others, rather than just for ourselves, then… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
When we start helping the weak and the poor to rise everyone will begin to change. Those who have power and riches will start… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship, compassion and… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition. — Jean Vanier Copy Share
The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope and life… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves. — Jean Vanier Copy Share
To be free is to put justice, truth and service to others over and above our personal gain or our need for recognition, power,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them. — Jean Vanier Copy Share
“Sympathies and antipathies . . . Human friendships can very quickly become a club of mediocrities, enclosed in mutual flattery and approval, preventing people… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
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… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
But let us not put our sights too high. We do not have to be saviours of the world! We are simply human beings,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity. As we start to really get to know others, as we… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
“Have patience . . . We are not the masters of our own feelings of attraction or revulsion; these come from places in ourselves… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
The people with the best sense of what is essential to a community, of what gives and maintains its spirit, are often doing very… — Jean Vanier Copy Share
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