Gloria Trevi Quotes


We are not called by God to do extraordinary things but to do ordinary things with extraordinary love. Jean Vanier Religious 625
Look at your own poverty welcome it cherish it dont be afraid share your death because thus you will share your love and your life Jean Vanier Poverty 87
I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing to others than sharing our qualities and successes. Jean Vanier Weakness 84
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 huge and glorious final humanity Jean Vanier Humanity 76
Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want. Jean Vanier Crises 66
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 Respect 65
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 61
Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper. Jean Vanier Administration 57
An ethics of desire is good news for those of us who have become allergic to an ethics of law. Jean Vanier Ethics 54
Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other. It is a sign that we dont need a lot of money to be happyin fact the opposite. Jean Vanier Community 45
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 their own gift. Jean Vanier Prayer 44
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 to live with Jesus. Jean Vanier Poverty 44
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 Ego 39
Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness. Jean Vanier Accept 36
Envy comes from peoples ignorance of or lack of belief in their own gifts. Jean Vanier Self confidence 36
People cannot accept their own evil if they do not at the same time feel loved respected and trusted. Jean Vanier People 35
Many people are good at talking about what they are doing but in fact do little. Others do a lot but dont talk about it they are the ones who make a community live. Jean Vanier Community 35
The friend of time doesnt spend all day saying I havent got time. He doesnt fight with time. He accepts it and cherishes it. Jean Vanier Time 35
We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love. Jean Vanier Power 34
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 that shelter and define us. Jean Vanier Peace 33
At the heart of the celebration there are the poor. If they are excluded it is not longer a celebration. ... A celebration must always be a festival of the poor. Jean Vanier Poverty 30
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 Action 22

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