“ When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth. The most loving communities are often the poorest. If our own l… Jean Vanier
“ A Christian community should do as Jesus did: propose and not impose. Its attraction must lie in the radiance cast by the love of brothers. Jean Vanier
“ Jesus is the starving, the parched, the prisoner, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the dying. Jesus is the oppressed, the poor. To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. To live with the poor is… Jean Vanier
“ Deep in our hearts there is a call to live in communion with others, a call to love, to create, to risk. But there is also that radical feeling of our poverty when faced with human misery. I am afraid… Jean Vanier
“ A growing community must integrate three elements: a life of silent prayer, a life of service and above all of listening to the poor, and a community life through which all its members can grow in the… Jean Vanier
“ The word love has been so abused by publicity and advertisements that we no longer know really what it means. Jean Vanier
“ You see what I am driving at. The mentally handicapped do not have a consciousness of power. Because of this perhaps their capacity for love is more immediate, lively and developed than that of other… 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 th… Jean Vanier
“ We discover that we are at the same time very insignificant and very important, because each of our actions is preparing the humanity of tomorrow; it is a tiny contribution to the construction of the… Jean Vanier
“ A community is only being created when its members accept that they are not going to achieve great things, that they are not going to be heroes, but simply live each day with new hope, like children,… Jean Vanier
“ People cannot accept their own evil if they do not at the same time feel loved, respected and trusted. Jean Vanier
“ The friend of time doesn't spend all day saying: 'I haven't got time.' He doesn't fight with time. He accepts it and cherishes it. Jean Vanier
“ I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing to others than sharing our qualities and successes. Jean Vanier
“ Look at your own povertywelcome itcherish itdon't be afraidshare your deathbecause thus you will share your love and your life Jean Vanier
“ [Happiness] comes when we choose to be who we are, to be ourselves, at this present moment in our lives. Jean Vanier
“ 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 our weaknesses and brokenness in order to… Jean Vanier
