Deep Distress Quotes by Jean Vanier

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• Communion is mutual trust, mutual belonging; it is the to-and-fro movement of love between two people where each one gives and each…
• So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the construction of…
• So we need places, laboratories, the creation of places which could be each one of our homes, where we invite people who…
• Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community."…
• Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper.
• He who is or has been deeply hurt has a RIGHT to be sure he is LOVED.
• 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…
• Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us
• Stop looking for peace. Give yourselves where you are. Stop looking at yourselves, look instead at your brothers and sisters in need.…
• I remember that throughout history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for…
• In any case, community is not about perfect people. It is about people who are bonded to each other, each of whom…
• We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel that they…

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