Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Look at your own poverty welcome it cherish it don't be afraid share your death because thus you will share your love… — 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
It is only when we stand up, with all our failings and sufferings, and try to support others rather than withdraw into… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel that they… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Community as forgiveness . . . Too many people come into community to find something, to belong to a dynamic group, to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Maybe today some people see opposition between, on the one hand, a seemingly barren, old, institutional church, cut off from the world,… — 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… — 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 cry for love and communion and for recognition that rises from the hearts of people in need reveals the fountain of… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
A growing community must integrate three elements: a life of silent prayer, a life of service and above all of listening to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“But how to be present to another? Our hearts are so hard. We are so insensitive to the suffering of others. We… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it… — 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
