The people with the best sense of what is essential to a community, of what gives and maintains its spirit, are often… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
'Going home' is a journey to the heart of who we are, a place where we can be ourselves and welcome the… — 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
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
We don't know what to do with our own pain, so what to do with the pain of others? We don't know… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
I do not believe we can truly enter into our own inner pain and wounds and open our hearts to others unless… — 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
To be lonely is to feel unwanted and unloved, and therefor unloveable. Loneliness is a taste of death. No wonder some people… — 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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