Jean Vanier Quotes

And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people.

Regardless of whether or how you worship, where you come from or who you love, everyone's individual experience is what makes us stronger as a whole.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.

Basically, we are all different and we all have something to learn and it doesn't mean people need to change who you are but one should be open to new things and, above all, tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness.

Love is love! People should be able to do whatever makes them happy!

We are all the same and we all want the same things: the right to be happy, to be just who we want to be and to love who we want to love.

Hetero - normative behavior and herd mentality is dangerous. It's okay to be different. It's okay to stand out for whatever reason. Some people are just born that way and instead of trying to tear them down, learn something new. Be curious and open because maybe that's a pathway out for you, too.

People are people. Don't be afraid of them.

A just society is not one built on fear or repression or vengeance or exclusion, but one built on love. Love for our families. Love for our neighbors. Love for the least among us. Love for those who look different or worship differently. Love for those we don't even know.

I want a better world, I want love and harmony amongst people no matter what color you are, what race or what background you come from or sexual orientation.

I can only be the best version of myself and understand that the only way that we as a people can heal is to understand that the next person's journey may not be your own, but it doesn't mean that you have to marginalize them in any way.

What's important to me is people just being people.

We can be more inclusive.

We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.

Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they're all welcome, because to me, church is a place you're supposed to get healed and whole and loved.

I love making new friends and I respect people for a lot of different reasons.

I try to put my heart out there to everybody. They don't have to be Christian. For example, I have lots of Jewish readers. I love my Jewish readers.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

I believe that we all have the potential to love any human being, and that just love who you wish and celebrate it the best you can.

All my life I've been looking for diversity.

I love human beings. I believe that there is so much to learn from every person you meet, including a child.

I'm not looking to exclude people, I'm looking to include them.

My wish is for gay to become less of a label, and more of just one of many great colors in the collective box of humanity.