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If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.
If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated choices.
Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
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- Jean Vanier
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- Approximate author period: c. 1973 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Jean Vanier: life dates 1928 to 2019. Wikidata Q545644, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545644 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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