Communion is mutual trust, mutual belonging; it is the to-and-fro movement of love between two people where each one gives and each… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
I remember that throughout history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for… — 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
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
Wisdom is something that comes, little by little, through a lot of listening. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Community and cooperation . . . Communion is based on some common inner expression of love; it is the recognition of being… — 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
“Deep in our hearts there is a call to live in communion with others, a call to love, to create, to risk.… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Love is to recognize that the other person is a person, is precious, is important and has value. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work.… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“You see what I am driving at. The mentally handicapped do not have a consciousness of power. Because of this perhaps their… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
To love someone is not first of all to do things for them,but to reveal to them their beauty and value, to… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
We who are rich are often demanding and difficult. We shut ourselves up in our apartments and may even use a watchdog… — 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
“Community as openness . . . Communities are truly communities when they open to others, when they remain vulnerable and humble; when… — 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
