Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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The person in misery does not need a look that judges and criticizes but a comforting presence that brings peace and hope and life and says: 'you are a human person: important, mysterious, infinitely precious, what you have to say is important because it flows from a humn person; in you there are those seeds of the infinite, those germs of love... of beauty which must rise from the earth of your misery so humanity be fulfilled. If you do not rise then something will be missing... Rise again because we all need you... be loved beloved.'

Jean Vanier's Popular Quotes

Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all of our weakne…

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It is my belief that in our mad world where there is so much pain, rivalry, hatred, violence, inequality, and oppression, it is people who are weak, …

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

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

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I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing to others than sharing our qualities and successes.

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Each person is sacred, no matter what his or her culture, religion, handicap, or fragility. Each person is created in God’s image; each one has a hea…

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Community is not an ideal; it is people. It is you and I. In community we are called to love people just as they are with their wounds and their gift…

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

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

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