...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Community as belonging . . . Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
A community which refuses to welcome - whether through fear, weariness, insecurity, a desire to cling to comfort, or just because it… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her past history of inner pain and… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Loneliness is the fundamental force that urgees mystics to a deeper union with God... An experience of God quenches this thirst for… — 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 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 Image
...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 Image
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 Image
People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
