Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

One way to express the spiritual crisis of our time is to say that most of us have an address but cannot be found there.

For many, religion has to do with what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. In the end, that doesn't bear fruit.

Be sure that you make a difference in the world.

The members - mentally handicapped people who are marginal in society and not useful in an economic sense - welcomed me into their lives. And I was loved, not because of what s doing but because of who I was.

L'Arche is not a service institution or a group home. It is a community that exists to reveal God's love. Our people are given to the world to tell others about peace and forgiveness and celebration, to make them aware that in the midst of their brokenness, there is joy; in the midst of their wounded nature, there is healing.

Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships.