"When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth. The most loving communities are often the poorest. If our own life is luxurious and wasteful, we can't approach poor people. If we love people, we want to identify with them and share with them."

-- Jean Vanier

#Heart Quotes #Loving Life Quotes #Light Quotes

“We would be doing the children of South Asia a great disservice if we allowed ourselves to believe that the need of children to belong to a loving, permanent family was washed away by the waves of the tsunami”
“Life is either a reproducible, almost commonplace manifestation of matter, given certain conditions, or a miracle. Too many steps are involved to allow for something in between.”

Source : Christian De Duve (1995). “Vital Dust: Life As a Cosmic Imperative”, Basic Books
“We're all well-acquainted with depression, we all know what the low moods are, but the mania was not something I knew much about. I didn't know that it would make someone dress extravagantly or start to pun, and to stay up and drink.”
“I dont want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.”
“I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.”
“All things are complete within ourselves.”
“Fate gives you the finger and you accept.”
“It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me.”

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