Quotes About Community

Das Individuum musste immer darum kämpfen, nicht von der Horde überwältigt zu werden. Wer es versucht, wird sehr oft einsam sein und manchmal voller Furcht. Doch kein Preis ist zu hoch für das Privileg, sich selbst zu gehören.

Science is of no value unless it is accompanied by social concern.

What is sustained in a sustainable community is not economic growth but the entire web of life on which our longterm survival depends.

Religion is the organized attempt to understand spiritual experience, to interpret it with words and concepts, and to use this interpretation as the source of moral guidelines for the religious community.

A practical man can always make what he wants to do look like a noble sacrifice of personal inclinations to the welfare of the community.

The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society.

Love of self without love of God is selfishness; love of neighbor without love of God embraces only those who are pleasing to us, not those who are hateful.

Imagine a large circle and in the center of it rays of light that spread out to the circumference. The light in the center is God; each of us is a ray. The closer the rays are to the center, the closer the rays are to one another. The closer we live to God, the closer we are bound to our neighbor; the farther we are from God, the farther we are from one another. The more each ray departs from its center, the weaker it becomes; and the closer it gets to the center, the stronger it becomes.

Socialism increases in direct ratio and proportion with the surrender of personal responsibility to neighbor.

When money is needed, a priest thinks nothing of organizing a door-to-door canvas; but how often does he make a door-to-door canvas for converts?

A character is made by the kind of thoughts a man thinks when alone, and a civilization is made by the kind of thoughts a man speaks to his neighbor. On

Be as generous as possible" is idle talk, if the generosity of the pastor has not preceded the generosity of his flock.

Blessed also are the poor in spirit socially.

Once a man ceases to be of service to his neighbor, he begins to be a burden to him.

Internet friends are real friends

Hurley, hurley, round the table, Eat as muckle as ye're able. Eat muckle, pooch nane, Hurley, hurley, Amen.

Queer Ducks flock together.

I made my way to one of the giant pillows that lined the walls of the dining hall—couches for humans, elves, and gnomes. I would watch the crowd while I dined. The silverware was too big. I looked around to see how others were managing. Some struggled with knives and forks the size of axes and shovels, some stared at their meal in perplexity. And some dug in with bare hands.

Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone will rise. Someone will emerge'. It was an attitude Baker shared with some of the older women in the movement.

No me hables de política-le decía el coronel-Nuestro asunto es vender pescaditos

When women earn the money for the family, everyone in the family benefits. We also know that when women have an income, everyone wins because women dedicate 90% of the income to health, education, to food security, to the children, to the family, or to the community, so when women have an income, everybody wins.

America wins when the voiceless have a seat at the table, when the vulnerable are protected, and when working families have the same political clout as the wealthy.

Nobody wins or loses a match; it's the team that wins or loses. You have to be looking to contribute towards the team goal.

Having success as a team is much more fun than having individual success. I have learned this lesson through the many wins I have experienced as a team.