Quotes About Community

I like to think of dharma practice today as venturing into a world of imagination, one in which each individual seeks to articulate a vision in terms of the particular needs of his or her own situatio? Buddhism would then become less and less the preserve of an institution, and more and more an experience that is owned by ordinary people in ordinary communities.

Once, all humans lived as the Navi do.

And if you were part of a group there was always the chance that the predator would take the next guy, not you.

Fortasse accipio oratio stridens vestri. Sum Quintus Fabius, centurio navis stellae 'Malleus Jesu.' Quid estis, quid agitis in hac provincia? Et quid est mixti lingua vestri? Germanicus est? Non dubito quin vos ex Germaniae Exteriorae. Cognovi de genus vestri prius. Bene? Quam respondebitis mihi?

Harlem was the area between 130th Street and 143rd Street, between Madison and Seventh avenues. In the late nineteenth century, as huge migrations of Russian and Polish Jews flooded into the city, fleeing the pogroms of Eastern Europe, Harlem became primarily Jewish. Russian Jews dominated the 1910 census figures of the area, and next came the Italians, the Irish, the Germans, the English, Hungarians, Czechs and others from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Blacks did not arrive in New York in large numbers until after World War I, and, following the lead of the foreign immigrants, they moved to Harlem. Most were from the rural South, and most were poor. As the blacks moved in, the Jews moved out—north into the Bronx or, if they could afford it, to the South Shore of Queens and Long Island.

At least three foreign ambassadors—the Dutch, the Portuguese and the Finnish—lived at the Dakota along with the French Minister of Cultural Affairs. There had been the distinguished Schirmers and Steinways.

The West Side had become a land where people lived in layers. It was a land of prosperous immigrants. It was a place where people rented, rather than owned

I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. Maybe that is what makes people participate.

Every person has to live his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people.

Everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other

Welcome to the island of misfit toys

So I started shoveling Bob's driveway, which is a strange thing to do at a New Years Eve Party

To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.

You ever think Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like a football team? And the only real difference between us is what we wear and why we wear it?

You're a freak, you know that? You've always been a freak. Everyone says so. They always have. I'm trying not to be.

The nerds and the squids were one.

First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Second, the fights are always the same.

I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that these people exist.

First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.

I thought about Bill telling me I was special. And my sister saying she loved me. And my mom, too. And even my dad and brother when I was in the hospital. I thought about Patrick calling me his friend. And I thought about Sam telling me to do things. to really be there. And I just thought how great it was to have friends and a family.

You are not alone. Understand, friend, there are millions of us. Millions of people who struggle with (and overcome) all sorts of problems. You would be shocked to know how many people understand EXACTLY what you are going through. That doesn't mean what you are going through is somehow less. Meaningful, special, unique. On the contrary, it means that what you are going through is more. It is important. It deserves to be seen, spoken of and understood.

To Charlie and the whole group said, to Charlie. I didn't know why they did that, but it was very special to me that they did. Especially Sam. Especially her.

I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands […] I need to know that these people exist