"Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us"

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Source : Jean Vanier (2008). “Becoming Human”, p.45, Paulist Press

Jean Vanier

#People Quotes #Profound Quotes #Lessons Quotes

“If you're in a bar and a certain song comes on and the vibe is just different, it evokes the kinds of things that you want to feel, and if music can do that it's a very special thing.”
“I didn't like my mouth because I always felt like it was a sausage for a bottom lip, and I have an overbite, so I can't exactly close my mouth. It's really, really hard! But now I like it because it's kind of sultry, and it's my mouth. I should say I don't consider my bottom lip a sausage lip now - I like it, but I guess I grew into it. I definitely saved a couple hundred bucks instead of getting fillers.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“Empathy for the plight of the Goddess may be essential in seeing how to face our own plight on Earth.”

Source : John Lamb Lash (2006). “Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief”, p.209, Chelsea Green Publishing
“The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be...”
“It may well be doubted whether human ingenuity can construct an enigma... which human ingenuity may not, by proper application, resolve.”
“Lead worshipers: Our primary task is simply to help others worship.”
“The facts are in, the science is beyond question. Sugar in all its forms is the root cause of our obesity epidemic and most of the chronic disease sucking the life out of our citizens and our economy - and, increasingly, the rest of the world. You name it, itâ€™s caused by sugar: heart disease, cancer, dementia, type 2 diabetes, depression, and even acne, infertility and impotence.”
“The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.”

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