Quotes About Belonging

Adore once more for what's for of what's yours.

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, I am a citizen of the world.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world." [As quoted in Plutarch's Of Banishment ]

Think of it like this. Sara is a minority within a minority within a minority, OK?

Answer me. Where does a Black woman go when she is me, trailed by myths that this country has invented about her? Where to go to, when all of you have been there already, and claimed the turf as your own and you watch the rest of us shipwrecked by circumstance and color, looking. Waiting. Needing.

Justin is twenty-four years old: the world will never be more suited to him than it is now, he will never feel more embraced by life or have greater faith in his right to exist. The earth and the oxygen, the cities and lights, the nights and the beaches seem created for him and for those like him.

Will sabía lo que era la soledad, entendía lo que era estar apartado del mundo en el que uno vive y ser un extraño entre tu propia gente. Will lo entendía. Will me entendía.

I have been a stranger here in my own land: All my life

Your Sangha is out there. It might not take the form of a Buddhist community. That's okay. Find your people, who you trust, with whom you feel safe. I don't just mean safe on the surface. But safe in a way that when they come to you with observations they make about things you are unwittingly doing to hurt yourself, you will be able to listen deeply—not shrink away in defense— learn from them, and ultimately alleviate your suffering.

Be in the world like a maid servant in a rich man's house. The maid servant deals with all the objects and things always knowing that nothing belongs to her and that this is not her true home.

Therefore, on hearing His words let no one say either: "These are not Christ's words," or "These are not my words." On the contrary, if he knows that he is in the body of Christ, let him say: "These are both Christ's words and my words." Say nothing without Him, and He will say nothing without thee. We must not consider ourselves as strangers to Christ, or look upon ourselves as other than Himself.

Chicago is a city of neighborhoods. We aren't trying to be all things to all people; we just want to be good neighbors. What's more Chicago than that?" "You

Are we alike In that in-betweenness? Can he see, When I smile my blue eyes back At his brown ones, The country-city-woman-girl Dancer, student Bewildered Unbelonging Yearning?

Formerly man had only a body and a soul. Now he needs a passport as well for without it he will not be treated like a human being.

On the day I lost my passport I discovered, at the age of fifty-eight, that losing one's native land implies more than parting with a circumscribed area of soil.

Two suitcases, in one the wardrobe, the earthly essentials, in the other- manuscripts, the spiritual supplies, then you are at home everywhere-Zweig GW Tagebuecher p. 383

Früher hatte der Mensch nur einen Körper und eine Seele. Heute braucht er noch einen Pass dazu, sonst wird er nicht wie ein Mensch behandelt.

ilk kez bu dünyaya ait birisi için var olduÄŸumu hissediyordum.

As if I already had some inkling of my own future fate, I was most moved by those of the people here who had no homeland, or even worse, had not just one but two or three, and privately still did not feel sure where they belonged.

Dónde podrás quedarte? ¿dónde sosiego hallarás? en todo puerto extranjero en ningún sitio un hogar.

Her yerde yeni vatanlar?n yarat?lmaya çal???ld??? bu anda ba??ms?z düÅŸünebilen için, yaÅŸad??? zaman?n üzerine ç?kabilen için vatan, hem hiçbir yerdedir, hem de her yerdedir.

if only I had someone who belonged only to me, and didn't always have to go into other people's homes and share with them; I want someone for my very own.