"Life is a succession of crises and moments……" — Jean Vanier
"Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want."
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80 Quotes by Jean Vanier
Jean Vanier has 80 quotes on this site.
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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…
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So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the…
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So we need places, laboratories, the creation of places which could be each one of our homes, where we invite…
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Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren…
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Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper.
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He who is or has been deeply hurt has a RIGHT to be sure he is LOVED.
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The friend of time doesn't spend all day saying: 'I haven't got time.' He doesn't fight with time. He accepts…
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Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us
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Stop looking for peace. Give yourselves where you are. Stop looking at yourselves, look instead at your brothers and sisters…
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I remember that throughout history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers…
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In any case, community is not about perfect people. It is about people who are bonded to each other, each…
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We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel…
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More Crises Quotes
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;…
— Aristotle
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In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.…
— Brooks Atkinson
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Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Indeed, the attempt to live according to the notion that the fragments are really separate is, in essence, what has…
— David Bohm
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Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.
— James Buchan
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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
— Eric Clapton
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It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices.…
— Maya Angelou
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Prayer will get you out of a pinch, prayer will get you out of a crises, prayer will get you…
— T.D. Jakes
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Thus one of Europe's most serious crises will be ended, and all of us, not only in Germany but those…
— Adolf Hitler
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...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political…
— Robert Higgs
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Research shows that happy people look for opportunity while others see only crises. Surrendering fear is healthy!
— Judith Orloff
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The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time,…
— Kofi Annan
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