Famous Jean Vanier Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

    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

  • 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

    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

  • 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

    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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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