Jean Vanier Quotes
Community As Openness ...
Communities Are Truly Communities When They Open To Others, When They Remain Vulnerable And Humble; When The Members Are Growing In Love, In Compassion And In Humility. Communities Cease To Be Such When Members Close In Upon Themselves With The Certitude That They Alone Have Wisdom And Truth And Expect Everyone To Be Like Them And Learn From Them.
The Fundamental Attitudes Of True Community, Where There Is True Belonging, Are Openness, Welcome, And Listening To God, To The Universe, To Each Other And To Other Communities. Community Life Is Inspired By The Universal And Is Open To The Universal. It Is Based On Forgiveness And Openness To Those Who Are Different, To The Poor And The Weak. Sects Put Up Walls And Barriers Out Of Fear, Out Of A Need To Prove Themselves And To Create A False Security. Community Is The Breaking Down Of Barriers To Welcome Difference.
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