Quotes About Community

Filipinos have an aversion to blank walls.

To live is to be among men and to be among men is to struggle. (From Jose Rizal's letter to his nephew Alfredo or Freding)

Humanity , n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.

Marriage , n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.

A man is like a tree: in a forest of his fellows he will grow as straight as his generic and individual nature permits; alone in the open, he yields to the deforming stresses and tortions that environ him.

To expect that men who do not honorably and intelligently conduct their private affairs will honorably and intelligently conduct the affairs of the community is to be a fool.

Amazing how far we had come. A few days ago, I had been surprised to see Rei and Valene accepted as dancers in the nest; now anyone who wanted a part in this project was welcome. We had achieved half the goal of Wyvern's Court simply by dreaming of it.

If there ever was a place where one could start again, it was Manhattan. Move a block, and your enemies become your friends. Move ten blocks and you might never see anyone you knew again.

I learned about women -- how we are made into the women we've become, how we shape ourselves, how we shape each other.

We became friends, I suppose, because we lived close to each other and it suited us and because when you are young friendships go unquestioned.

The least a leader can do is to share the burdens of his people. I have little other comfort to give them.

You stick a bunch of drunken murderers together, ain't long before some turn to thieving, then to lying, then to bad language, and pretty soon to sobriety, raising families and making an honest living.

The worst enemies are the ones that live next door,

My congratulations on leaving the legal profession and becoming a respectable member of the community.

The only thing worse than a city full of people is a city with no people at all.

What happens now?' 'The people will decide,' said Pike. Orso glanced about him. At the people. 'Really?' He gave a puzzled smile. 'Are they equipped for that?

Few indeed are those who get a choice. We do as we are told. We stand or fall beside those who were born near to us, who look as we do, who speak the same words, and all the while we know as little of the reasons why as does the dust we return to.' Her

him that he "lived a purposeful, distinctive life among believers for their sake" (1 Thessalonians 1:5, Williams). Effective church leaders

Catholic school graduates exhibit a wide variety of qualities that will not only help them in their careers but also in their family and community lives.

The American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us.

All our differences hardly measure up to the values we all hold in common.

My mother's creed is the American creed: No one is better than you. You are everyone's equal, and everyone is equal to you.

We have never, ever, ever, ever failed in America when we've acted together.

If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people's lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.