All Jean Vanier Quotes
- We cannot grow spiritually if we ignore our humanness, just as we cannot become fully human if we ignore our spirituality. Become Fully
- A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for the… Community
- One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. Community
- Wisdom is something that comes, little by little, through a lot of listening. Comes Little
- A community which refuses to welcome - whether through fear, weariness, insecurity, a desire to cling to comfort, or just because it is fed up… Cling
- Every human being is a mixture of light and darkness, trust and fear, love and hate. Darkness
- We don't know what to do with our own pain, so what to do with the pain of others? We don't know what to do… Except
- We who are rich are often demanding and difficult. We shut ourselves up in our apartments and may even use a watchdog to defend our… All
- The cry for love and communion and for recognition that rises from the hearts of people in need reveals the fountain of love in us… Capacity
- 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 has… Capacity
- Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. Belief
- Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want. Crises
- To be lonely is to feel unwanted and unloved, and therefor unloveable. Loneliness is a taste of death. No wonder some people who are desperately… Death
- When children are loved, they live off trust; their bides and hearts open up to those who respect and love them, who understand and listen… Bides
- Every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. (23-24) Act
- Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all… Accepted
- I have discovered the value of psychology and psychiatry, that their teachings can undo knots in us and permit life to flow again and aid… Aid
- But let us not put our sights too high. We do not have to be saviours of the world! We are simply human beings, enfolded… Beings
- I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by greater violence but… Act
- ...Individualistic material progress and the desire to gain prestige by coming out on top have taken over from the sense of fellowship, compassion and community.… Acquire
- This evolution towards a real responsibility for others is sometimes blocked by fear. It is easier to stay on the level of a pleasant way… Blocked
- The response to war is to live like brothers and sisters. The response to injustice is to share. The response to despair is a limitless… Brother
- Jesus is the starving, the parched, the prisoner, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the dying. Jesus is the oppressed, the poor. To live with… Dying
- All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves. Afraid
- A community that is growing rich and seeks only to defend its goods and its reputation is dying. It has ceased to grow in love.… Alive