Arche Quotes & Sayings

An ethics of desire is good news for those of us who have become allergic to an ethics of law. — Jean Vanier

He waited day after day, saying that it was perfectly absurd to expect, yet expecting. — Thomas Hardy

Anything I can get from the Word without God will not change my life. It is closed to insure that I remain dependent on the Holy Spirit. It — Bill Johnson

Action based on reason, action therefore which is only to be understood by reason, knows only one end, the greatest pleasure of the acting individual. — Ludwig Von Mises

Many places in the Bronx seem hidden in shadows, just as the Bronx itself is in Manhattan's shadow. And dark stories develop best in dark shadows. — S.J. Rozan

Claudia lived a horrible form of madness which should not be idealized or seen as a gateway to another world. In l'Arche, we have learned from our own experience of healing, as well as through the help of psychiatrists and psychologists, that chaos, or "madness," has meaning; it comes from somewhere, it is comprehensible. Madness is an immense cry, a sickness. It is a way of escaping when the stress of being in a world of pain is too great. Madness is an escape from anguish. But there is an order in the disorder that can permit healing, if only it can be found. — Jean Vanier

The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that. — Ted Turner