But let us not put our sights too high. We do not have to be saviours of the world! We are simply… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
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
“I am convinced that in the present time, in spite of the difficulties man has to meet another in a state of… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love. — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
[Happiness] comes when we choose to be who we are, to be ourselves, at this present moment in our lives. — 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
There is a struggle inside you between these two parts. It's as if at times your heart becomes a battlefield! The secret… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
The friend of time doesn't spend all day saying: 'I haven't got time.' He doesn't fight with time. He accepts it and… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
We discover that we are at the same time very insignificant and very important, because each of our actions is preparing the… — 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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