--- title: "14 Needs Quotes By Jean Vanier" description: "14 Needs quotes by Jean Vanier. Plus more from Jean Vanier and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/jean-vanier-3367_inspirational_the-strong-need-the-weak-as-much-as-the_1223299.png" --- > [The strong need the weak as much as the weak need the strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/the-strong-need-the-weak-as-much-as-the-weak-need-the-strong/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/jean-vanier-3367_inspirational_the-strong-need-the-weak-as-much-as-the_1223299.png) > [Every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. (23-24)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/every-act-of-violence-is-also-a-message-that-needs-to-be-understood/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/jean-vanier-3367_acts-of-violence_every-act-of-violence-is-also-a-message_2744000.png) > [Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/community-is-a-sign-that-love-is-possible-in-a-materialistic-world/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/258/jean-vanier-3367_community_community-is-a-sign-that-love-is-possibl_1748727.jpg) > [So we need places, laboratories, the creation of places which could be each one of our homes, where we invite people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/so-we-need-places-laboratories-the-creation-of-places-which-could-be/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/016/jean-vanier-3367_class_so-we-need-places-laboratories-the-creat_365142.png) > [Stop looking for peace. Give yourselves where you are. Stop looking at yourselves, look instead at your brothers and sisters in need.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/stop-looking-for-peace-give-yourselves-where-you-are-stop-looking-at/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/jean-vanier-3367_asks_stop-looking-for-peace-give-yourselves-w_1674024.png) > [I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/i-believe-every-act-of-violence-is-also-a-message-that-needs-to-be/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/jean-vanier-3367_acts-of-violence_i-believe-every-act-of-violence-is-also_842345.png) > [The cry for love and communion and for recognition that rises from the hearts of people in need reveals the fountain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/the-cry-for-love-and-communion-and-for-recognition-that-rises-from/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ba/jean-vanier-3367_capacity_the-cry-for-love-and-communion-and-for-r_2421470.png) > [When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/when-people-love-each-other-they-are-content-with-very-little-when-we-2/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/jean-vanier-3367_approach_when-people-love-each-other-they-are-con_3180676.png) > [We who are rich are often demanding and difficult. We shut ourselves up in our apartments and may even use a watchdog…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/we-who-are-rich-are-often-demanding-and-difficult-we-shut-ourselves/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01c/jean-vanier-3367_apartment_we-who-are-rich-are-often-demanding-and_2987372.png) > [When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/when-people-love-each-other-they-are-content-with-very-little-when-we/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bce/jean-vanier-3367_approach_when-people-love-each-other-they-are-con_1349561.png) > [Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/every-child-every-person-needs-to-know-that-they-are-a-source-of-joy/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/jean-vanier-3367_accepted_every-child-every-person-needs-to-know-t_1827905.png) > [The people with the best sense of what is essential to a community, of what gives and maintains its spirit, are often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/the-people-with-the-best-sense-of-what-is-essential-to-a-community-of/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/jean-vanier-3367_clarity_the-people-with-the-best-sense-of-what-i_303228.jpg) > [The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/the-person-in-misery-does-not-need-a-look-that-judges-and-criticizes/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/jean-vanier-3367_beloved_the-person-in-misery-does-not-need-a-loo_63665.png) > [When we start helping the weak and the poor to rise everyone will begin to change. Those who have power and riches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/when-we-start-helping-the-weak-and-the-poor-to-rise-everyone-will/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/jean-vanier-3367_angry_when-we-start-helping-the-weak-and-the-p_28682.jpg) ## Other authors on Needs ## More by Jean Vanier > [When we start helping the weak and the poor to rise everyone will begin to change. Those who have power and riches will start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/when-we-start-helping-the-weak-and-the-poor-to-rise-everyone-will/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship, compassion and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/individualistic-material-progress-and-the-desire-to-gain-prestige-by/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/to-invite-others-to-live-with-us-is-a-sign-that-we-aren-t-afraid-that/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/people-are-longing-to-rediscover-true-community-we-have-had-enough-of/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope and life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/the-person-in-misery-does-not-need-a-look-that-judges-and-criticizes/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/all-of-us-have-a-secret-desire-to-be-seen-as-saints-heroes-martyrs-we/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [To be free is to put justice, truth and service to others over and above our personal gain or our need for recognition, power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/to-be-free-is-to-put-justice-truth-and-service-to-others-over-and/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/if-we-love-the-poor-people-we-want-to-identify-with-them-and-share/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [“Sympathies and antipathies . . . Human friendships can very quickly become a club of mediocrities, enclosed in mutual flattery and approval, preventing people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/sympathies-and-antipathies-human-friendships-can-very-quickly-become/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/a-community-is-only-a-community-when-the-majority-of-its-members-are/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/each-person-is-sacred-no-matter-what-his-or-her-culture-religion/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [But let us not put our sights too high. We do not have to be saviours of the world! We are simply human beings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/but-let-us-not-put-our-sights-too-high-we-do-not-have-to-be-saviours/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity. As we start to really get to know others, as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/each-human-being-however-small-or-weak-has-something-to-bring-to/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [“Have patience . . . We are not the masters of our own feelings of attraction or revulsion; these come from places in ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/have-patience-we-are-not-the-masters-of-our-own-feelings-of/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) > [The people with the best sense of what is essential to a community, of what gives and maintains its spirit, are often doing very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/the-people-with-the-best-sense-of-what-is-essential-to-a-community-of/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needs/jean-vanier/#itemlist", "name": "14 Needs Quotes By Jean Vanier", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The strong need the weak as much as the weak need the strong", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Vanier" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/the-strong-need-the-weak-as-much-as-the-weak-need-the-strong/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/jean-vanier-3367_inspirational_the-strong-need-the-weak-as-much-as-the_1223299.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/jean-vanier-3367_inspirational_the-strong-need-the-weak-as-much-as-the_1223299.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/jean-vanier-3367_inspirational_the-strong-need-the-weak-as-much-as-the_1223299.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The strong need the weak as much as the weak need the strong” — Jean Vanier", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. 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