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Poor Quotes by Jean Vanier
- It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it is people who…
- 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…
- In the end, the most important thing is not to do things for people who are poor and in distress, but to enter into relationship…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.…
- A growing community must integrate three elements: a life of silent prayer, a life of service and above all of listening to the poor, and…
- The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time to listen to…
- When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth.…
- At the heart of the celebration, there are the poor. If [they] are excluded, it is not longer a celebration. [...] A celebration must always…
More Poor Quotes
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. — Francis Bacon
- Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty… — Russell Baker
- Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
- I still think I'm like the poor girl from Colorado who worked three jobs to buy a car. That's still my mentality,… — Amy Adams