“We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel that they are incapable of doing things by themselves. To love someone is to reveal to them their capacities for life, the light that is shining in them.” - Jean Vanier
The late Jean Vanier and friends, Photo from jean-vanier.org
ดังที่ Jean Vanier เคยบอกนักเขียน Wall Street Journal …
“The great thing about people with intellectual disabilities is that they’re not people who discuss philosophy. What they want is fun and laughter, to do things together and fool around, and laughter is the heart of community.”
“What I’m trying to live and trying to say is that people with disabilities are important - in themselves but also they have a message to give to humanity.”
“Try and find somebody who is lonely. And when you go to see them, they will see you as the messiah. Go and visit a little old lady who has no friends or family. Bring her flowers. People say, ‘But that’s nothing.’ It is nothing — but it’s also everything.”