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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

Jean Vanier

Jean Vanier

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Born: September 10, 1928

Died: May 7, 2019 (aged 90)

Bio: Jean Vanier was a Canadian Catholic philosopher, theologian and humanitarian.

Known for:

Becoming Human (1998)
Community & growth (1979)
Tears of silence (1940)
Befriending the Stranger (2005)
From brokenness to community (1992)

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