If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.
Jean VanierPeople cannot accept their own evil if they do not at the same time feel loved, respected and trusted.
Jean VanierTags: people
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 VanierTags: time
Look at your own poverty
welcome it
cherish it
don't be afraid
share your death
because thus you will share your love and your life
Tags: inspirational love death poverty
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 VanierGrowth begins when we start to accept our own weakness
Jean VanierTo love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.
Jean VanierOur humanity is so beautiful, but it needs to be transformed
Jean VanierTrue peace can rarely be imposed from the outside; it must be born within and between communities through meetings and dialogue and then carried outward.
Jean VanierTags: social-justice peacemaking peace-making
[Happiness] comes when we choose to be who we are, to be ourselves, at this present moment in our lives.
Jean VanierTags: happiness
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