Quotes About Community

No one can be happy in eternal solitude.

I flatter myself, at times, that though among them, I am not of them

Well!—an honest and industrious farmer is one of the most useful members of society;

It is well known that involuntary migrants, no matter what pot they are thrown into, tend not to melt.

A sponsoring pastor in Minnesota told a local newspaper, "It would be wicked to just bring them over and feed and clothe them and let them go to hell. The God who made us wants them to be converted. If anyone thinks that a gospel-preaching church would bring them over and not tell them about the Lord, they're out of their mind.

The European immigrants who emerged from the Ford Motor Company melting pot came to the United States because they hoped to assimilate into mainstream American society. The Hmong came to the United States for the same reason they had left China in the nineteenth century: because they were trying to resist assimilation.

Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.

Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.

Launched by Emma Thompson in 2006, annefranktree.com is a site where people can choose a virtual leaf and link up with a community of people who feel connected to Anne Frank.

Wat één christen doet, moet hijzelf verantwoorden, wat één jood doet, valt op alle joden terug.

Today let's talk about the lunch break. It's twelve-thirty. The whole gang breathes

There are many resistance groups, such as Free Netherlands, that forge identity cards, provide financial support to those in hiding, organize hiding places and find work for young Christians who go underground. It's amazing how much these generous and unselfish people do, risking their own lives to help and save others.

January 28th, 1944 That's something we should never forget; while others display their heroism in battle or against the Germans, our helpers prove theirs every day by their good spirits and affection.

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does reflect on all Jews.

siendo conscientes de nuestra tarea y no nos quejemos, que ya habrá una salida. Dios nunca ha abandonado a nuestro pueblo. A lo largo de

We can never be just Dutch, or just English, or whatever, we will always be Jews as well.

Real slum kids with runny noses.

I mean that most people, married or single, stand inwardly alone

Oh, it's sad, very sad that the old adage has been confirmed for the umpteenth time: "What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does reflects on all Jews.

A gente pode estar sozinha mesmo quando é amada por muitas pessoas.

Even when no one loves you, there is always someone to love, someone who needs to be loved. Always. You just have to look outside yourself.

It is unearned love--the love that goes before, that greets us on the way. It's the help you receive when you have no bright ideas left, when you are empty and desperate and have discovered that your best thinking and most charming charm have failed you. Grace is the light or electricity or juice or breeze that takes you from that isolated place and puts you with others who are as startled and embarrassed and eventually grateful as you are to be there.

I liked those ladies! They were helpers, and they danced.' These are the words I want on my gravestone: that I was a helper, and that I danced.