Quotes by : Jean Vanier

People cannot accept their own evil if they do not at the same time feel loved, respected and trusted.....

Those who are weak have great difficulty finding their place in our society. The image of the ideal human....

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.

When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts,....

Flowing from this union, source of a plenitude of joy, the love of the couple reveals itself through....

Jesus is the starving, the parched, the prisoner, the stranger, the naked, the sick, the dying. Jesus....

You see what I am driving at. The mentally handicapped do not have a consciousness of power. Because....

The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why....

Deep in our hearts there is a call to live in communion with others, a call to love, to create, to risk.....