Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper.
Jean VanierIt is difficult to make people understand that the ideal doesn't exist, that personal equilibrium and the harmony they dream of come only after years and years of struggle, and that even then they come only as flashes of grace and peace.
Jean VanierWe donโt know what to do with our own pain, so what to do with the pain of others? We donโt know what to do with our own weakness except hide it or pretend it doesnโt exist. So how can we welcome fully the weakness of another if we havenโt welcomed our own weakness?
Jean Vanier