"Peace is the fruit of love, a love……" — Jean Vanier
"Peace is the fruit of love, a love that is also justice. But to grow in love requires work -- hard work. And it can bring pain because it implies loss -- loss of the certitudes, comforts, and hurts that shelter and define us."
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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…
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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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