Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness.
Jean VanierA community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for the community'.
Jean VanierCommunity means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community." A community is not an abstract ideal.
Jean Vanier