Jean Vanier Quotes

The belly laugh is the best way to evacuate anguish.

If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them.

The strong need the weak as much as the weak need the strong

So we need places, laboratories, the creation of places which could be each one of our homes, where we invite people who are different, and we listen to each other, people of different class groups.

True peace can rarely be imposed from the outside; it must be born within and between communities through meetings and dialogue and then carried outward.

A tension or difficulty can signal the approach of a new grace of God. But it has to be looked at wisely and humanly.

The cry for love and communion and for recognition that rises from the hearts of people in need reveals the fountain of love in us and our capacity to give life.

To live with Jesus is to live with the poor. To live with the poor is to live with Jesus.

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.

Envy comes from people's ignorance of or lack of belief in their own gifts.

We are not called by God to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love.

An ethics of desire is good news for those of us who have become allergic to an ethics of law.

Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts.

To forgive is a gift of God that permits us to let go of our past hurts.

The word love has been so abused by publicity and advertisements that we no longer know really what it means.

Look at your own povertywelcome itcherish itdon't be afraidshare your deathbecause thus you will share your love and your life