Jean Vanier Quotes

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons with God himself at the very heart of this community as its prime Sustainer and most glorious Inhabitant.

The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.

Humanity is not a church made of stone, in which vault after vault lies open.

And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.

God is One, all our lives have various and unique places in the harmony of the divine life.

The virtue of Love is nothing and all, or that Nothing visible out of which All Things proceed. Its power is through All Things; its height is as high as God; its greatness is as great as God.

Listening to music is such an uplifting, spiritual thing. It's far-fetched to some - I understand that. But the way dance music brings people together, it's not a big stretch from hymns.

No, the religion of Jesus is a social religion.

What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.

When we are truly praying, then we can begin to see Christ in our neighbour; when we are really praying, we can begin to live for the Father.

The Qur'an, the universe, and humanity are three kinds of manifestations of one truth.

God put us on this earth with the purpose of loving.

I always sacrifice myself for the love of all my people.

I think about love being so important because, to me, that's the reason we were put on Earth. Love, in a sense, is God to me.

We have people on the road with us - our wives, our families and pastors. We come alongside each other, and we're always in prayer.

I feel fortunate to have a huge family that is beyond race, creed, culture, and have a Father who shepherds us all. When I think about that, my mind is blown.

There should be more love in Toronto when it comes to the music and entertainment scenes instead of keeping that Screwface Capital name. There should be more artists eating together, more artists celebrating together and more artists making music together. That's how I feel.

I'm not just about being an ambassador of Christ. I'm here also, talking with friends, being the same person that I always am.

The circle of divine love has not remained closed.

Putting love first means knowing that the universe supports you in creating the good, the holy, and the beautiful. It means knowing that you're on the earth for a purpose, and that the purpose itself will create opportunities for its accomplishment.

It is not the man that can preach the best that is the most successful, but the man who knows how to get his people together to pray.

love is the every only god

Think of your career as your ministry. Make your work an expression of love, in service to mankind. Within the worldly illusion, we all have different jobs. Some of us are artists, some of us are business people, some of us are scientists. But in the real world that lies beyond all this, we all have the same job: to minister to human hearts.

The wonderful thing about the black church for me is that it forces you to come to terms with the centrality of love in the world.