--- title: "14 Poor Quotes By Jean Vanier" description: "14 Poor quotes by Jean Vanier. Plus more from Jean Vanier and more Poor sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/jean-vanier-3367_ifs_if-we-love-the-poor-people-we-want-to-id_78539.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/jean-vanier-3367_ifs_if-we-love-the-poor-people-we-want-to-id_78539.png) > [People may come to our communities because they want to serve the poor; they will only stay once they have discovered that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/people-may-come-to-our-communities-because-they-want-to-serve-the/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/jean-vanier-3367_community_people-may-come-to-our-communities-becau_2511384.png) > [To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. To live with the poor is to live with Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/to-live-with-jesus-is-to-live-with-the-poor-to-live-with-the-poor-is/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6c/jean-vanier-3367_jesus_to-live-with-jesus-is-to-live-with-the-p_1521713.png) > [ At the heart of the celebration, there are the poor. If \[they\] are excluded, it is not longer a celebration. \[...\] A… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/at-the-heart-of-the-celebration-there-are-the-poor-if-they-are/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/jean-vanier-3367_celebration_at-the-heart-of-the-celebration-there-ar_1266446.png) > [Jesus is the starving, the parched, the prisoner, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the dying. Jesus is the oppressed, the poor.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/jesus-is-the-starving-the-parched-the-prisoner-the-stranger-the-naked/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/jean-vanier-3367_death_jesus-is-the-starving-the-parched-the-pr_2230815.png) > [A growing community must integrate three elements: a life of silent prayer, a life of service and above all of listening to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/a-growing-community-must-integrate-three-elements-a-life-of-silent/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17d/jean-vanier-3367_community_a-growing-community-must-integrate-three_2387040.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) > [A community that is growing rich and seeks only to defend its goods and its reputation is dying. It has ceased to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/a-community-that-is-growing-rich-and-seeks-only-to-defend-its-goods/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/jean-vanier-3367_alive_a-community-that-is-growing-rich-and-see_407775.png) > [In the end, the most important thing is not to do things for people who are poor and in distress, but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/in-the-end-the-most-important-thing-is-not-to-do-things-for-people/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dea/jean-vanier-3367_confidence_in-the-end-the-most-important-thing-is-n_774813.png) > [The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/the-poor-are-always-prophetic-as-true-prophets-always-point-out-they/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/jean-vanier-3367_broken_the-poor-are-always-prophetic-as-true-pr_319104.jpg) > [It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/it-is-my-belief-that-in-our-mad-world-where-there-is-so-much-pain/) [Jean Vanier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-vanier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/jean-vanier-3367_belief_it-is-my-belief-that-in-our-mad-world-wh_2422345.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) > [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 Poor ## 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/poor/jean-vanier/#itemlist", "name": "14 Poor Quotes By Jean Vanier", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Vanier" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/if-we-love-the-poor-people-we-want-to-identify-with-them-and-share/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/jean-vanier-3367_ifs_if-we-love-the-poor-people-we-want-to-id_78539.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/jean-vanier-3367_ifs_if-we-love-the-poor-people-we-want-to-id_78539.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/jean-vanier-3367_ifs_if-we-love-the-poor-people-we-want-to-id_78539.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them.” — Jean Vanier", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People may come to our communities because they want to serve the poor; they will only stay once they have discovered that they themselves are poor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean Vanier" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-vanier/people-may-come-to-our-communities-because-they-want-to-serve-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/jean-vanier-3367_community_people-may-come-to-our-communities-becau_2511384.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/jean-vanier-3367_community_people-may-come-to-our-communities-becau_2511384.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/jean-vanier-3367_community_people-may-come-to-our-communities-becau_2511384.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People may come to our communities because they want to serve the poor; they will only stay once they have…” — Jean Vanier", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. 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As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time to listen to them. And that means staying near them, because they speak quietly and infrequently; they are afraid to speak out, they lack confidence in themselves because they have been broken and oppressed. 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