Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Every human being is a mixture of light and darkness, trust and fear, love and hate. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
We cannot grow spiritually if we ignore our humanness, just as we cannot become fully human if we ignore our spirituality. — 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… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
I have discovered the value of psychology and psychiatry, that their teachings can undo knots in us and permit life to flow… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
[...] We have to realize that this wound [of loneliness] is inherent in the human condition and that what we have to… — 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
Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity. As we start to really get to know others,… — 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… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
The response to war is to live like brothers and sisters. The response to injustice is to share. The response to despair… — 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
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