"A community is only a community when the……" — Jean Vanier

"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'."

— Jean Vanier

80 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…
So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the…
So we need places, laboratories, the creation of places which could be each one of our homes, where we invite…
Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren…
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…
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…
I remember that throughout history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers…
In any case, community is not about perfect people. It is about people who are bonded to each other, each…
We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel…

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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the… — Aristotle
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. — Marcus Aurelius
We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans. — Alan Autry
There are no doubts that, the situation in the country today, indicates that there is much more work to do… — Ibrahim Babangida
Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also… — Joe Baca
Another friend hired me to open doors for him in the moving and relocation business. I did that for 10… — Ernie Banks
I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated… — Jane Addams
Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans. — Xavier Becerra
You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. — Henry Ward Beecher

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