"We cannot grow spiritually if we ignore our……" — Jean Vanier
"We cannot grow spiritually if we ignore our humanness, just as we cannot become fully human if we ignore our spirituality."
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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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Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can…
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When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do…
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Any work of science, no matter what its point of departure, cannot become fully convincing until it crosses the boundary…
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It is not until you awaken and become fully present that you will realize that you have not been present.…
— Leonard Jacobson
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Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One does not become fully human painlessly.
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What if we discover that our present way of life is irreconcilable with our vocation to become fully human?
— Paulo Freire
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...convince all nuclear powers, including those which have been more reluctant up to now, of the necessity to respect the…
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For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become…
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Those who seek liberation for themselves alone cannot become fully enlightened. Though it may be said that one who is…
— Muso Soseki
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No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being until he loves him. By his…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are…
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