The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time to listen to them. And that means staying near them, because they speak quietly and infrequently; they are afraid to speak out, they lack confidence in themselves because they have been broken and oppressed. But if we listen to them, they will bring us back to the essential. Jean Vanier
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  1. We can be seduced...by powerful political groups that promise more wealth and lower taxes. Those with power can use clever, psychological tricks and play upon our weaknesses and brokenness in order to attract us to their way of thinking. We can be manipulated into illusion.
  2. [Happiness] comes when we choose to be who we are, to be ourselves, at this present moment in our lives.
  3. Look at your own povertywelcome itcherish itdon't be afraidshare your deathbecause thus you will share your love and your life
  4. I am struck by how sharing our weakness and difficulties is more nourishing to others than sharing our qualities and successes.
  5. The friend of time doesn't spend all day saying: 'I haven't got time.' He doesn't fight with time. He accepts it and cherishes it.
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