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Vanier Quotes & Sayings

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When we judge, we are pushing people away; we are creating a wall, a barrier. When we forgive we are destroying barriers, we come closer to others. — Jean Vanier

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness — Jean Vanier

Every human being is a mixture of light and darkness, trust and fear, love and hate. — Jean Vanier

Our humanity is so beautiful, but it needs to be transformed — Jean Vanier

All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves. — Jean Vanier

Every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. (23-24) — Jean Vanier

Like a butterfly burrowing from its chrysalis, so shall you find your wings, if you only take the time to find yourself. — L.J. Vanier

We cannot grow spiritually if we ignore our humanness, just as we cannot become fully human if we ignore our spirituality. — Jean Vanier

The life you have built around you is a reflection of what is within you. If you don't like what you see, go inside. — L.J. Vanier

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

When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them. — Jean Vanier

Holding onto negativity only hurts you, let it go — L.J. Vanier

You already made the choice, you are simply here to walk it. — L.J. Vanier

We are in fact living organisms that exist in a living universe — L.J. Vanier

Miracles happen everyday, you just need to be looking the right way. — L.J. Vanier

The awakening is finally realizing that you are a part of God, like a single cell that finally sees it is a part of you. — L.J. Vanier

Love yourself first, it sets the tone for every other relationship in your life. — L.J. Vanier

The chakras in your body are as to galaxies on the body of God. — L.J. Vanier

When you learn how to be alone you'll discover the difference between alone and lonely. — L.J. Vanier

Your soul is like a flower and your spirit is the seed.
As your spirit grows, the soul blossoms — L.J. Vanier

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

If light is love, then fear is its shadow — L.J. Vanier

People may come to our communities because they want to serve the poor; they will only stay once they have discovered that they themselves are poor. — Jean Vanier

Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community. — Jean Vanier

Spiritual enlightenment is the ultimate goal for all of humanity, not just a chosen few. Be helpful, not hurtful — L.J. Vanier

Death is an illusion, life is a dream and you are the creator of your own imagination. — L.J. Vanier

Righteousness doesn't mean being right. It means showing love, compassion and understanding no matter what you think is right. — L.J. Vanier

The sky is not the limit. Your mind is. — L.J. Vanier

Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want. — Jean Vanier

You call it a near death experience, I call it a near life experience! — L.J. 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

We will only stay in community if we have gone through the passage from choosing community to knowing that we have been chosen for community. — Jean Vanier

Self worth can only be measured by you, set the bar high — L.J. Vanier

Let go of the attachment, keep the lesson — L.J. Vanier

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition. — Jean Vanier

To love someone is to reveal to them their capacities for life, the light that is shining in them. — Jean Vanier

To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace to share. — Jean Vanier

Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us — Jean Vanier

The more I think I know, I realize, the more that is left unknown and that's the best part. — L.J. Vanier

Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness. — Jean Vanier

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

Power always has a direction. It is always downward, towards the weak but power is often confused with what is right — Jean Vanier

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

The belly laugh is the best way to evacuate anguish. — Jean Vanier

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness. — Jean Vanier

Wisdom is something that comes, little by little, through a lot of listening. — Jean Vanier

The strong need the weak as much as the weak need the strong — Jean Vanier

He who is or has been deeply hurt has a RIGHT to be sure he is LOVED. — Jean Vanier

To move on, you must surrender to your pain and accept it as your own. Only then will you heal inside. — L.J. Vanier

To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance. — Jean Vanier

Growth will come as we come closer to people who are different from us and as we learn to welcome and listen even to those who trigger off our pain. — Jean Vanier

In time you will see that you were exactly where you were supposed to be. — L.J. Vanier

I don't always make the best choices, but today I choose compassion over intolerance, sympathy over hatred and love over fear. — L.J. 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

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

Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper. — Jean Vanier

[Happiness] comes when we choose to be who we are, to be ourselves, at this present moment in our lives. — Jean Vanier

If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices. — Jean Vanier

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 — Jean Vanier

Each person in your life is a teacher, each experience in your life is a lesson. Living is like looking into a mirror, every teacher is you. — L.J. Vanier

The Key to Abundance is Acceptance. The more you expect the less you accept. — L.J. Vanier

We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love. — Jean Vanier

Avoid the poison in your life that brings you turmoil. — Jean Vanier

Weakness, recognized, accepted, and offered, is at the heart of belonging, so it is at the heart of communion with another. — Jean Vanier

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

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

Loving yourself first sets the tone for your entire life in every relationship. — L.J. Vanier

There is nothing stronger than a heart which loves and is freely given. — 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

When children are loved, they live off trust; their bides and hearts open up to those who respect and love them, who understand and listen to them. — Jean Vanier