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Us Quotes by Jean Vanier
- Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us
- 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…
- Our danger is to think that happiness will come from outside of us, from the things we possess or the power of our group, and…
- 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 to…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves.
- 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…
- 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. When…
- Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can…
- We can be seduced...by powerful political groups that promise more wealth and lower taxes. Those with power can use clever, psychological tricks and play upon…
More Us Quotes
- Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. — Pietro Aretino
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle