“Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness.”

— Jean Vanier

Google this: Jean Vanier and what it means to be human http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-briggs/google-this-jean-vanier-a_b_7484702.html Huffington Post, 02/06/2015
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Canadian humanitarian 1928–2019

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