Quotes About Community

Someone at work said to me this morning, "Where is God in all this?" I didn't rise to the bait. I can never understand why people ask that question. The real question for the bystanders of tragedy is "Where are WE in all this?

A way of life can be shared among individuals of different ages, status, and social activity. It can yield intense relations not resembling those that are institutionalized. It seems to me that a way of life can yield a culture and an ethics. To be gay, I think, is not to identify with the psychological traits and the visible masks of the homosexual but to try and define and develop a way of life.

With their cell phone, they have access to all people; with GPS, to all places; with the Internet, to all knowledge. They inhabit a topological space of neighborhoods, whereas we lived in a metric space, coordinated by distances.

In the seminar room, Helen had lit the chalice and given a short speech about not focusing on one kind of minister—a man, a woman, a person of color, or someone within a certain age range—when the person who most needed to hear this slipped in.

When I got home, I couldn't stop crying, so Mark asked Rev Tom to come over. Rev Tom said that losing our child was not a punishment and miscarriages happen for medical reasons. He was so kind and nonjudgy, I decided to come to your church and left First Cal. I have felt so accepted, especially here, on this committee, which is such an honor to be on. I am so thankful for all of you.

Musical theater can save you, even if only for two or three hours at a time.

Finally, eternal gratitude to all the (100 percent non-evil) librarians and other library staffers I have known and worked with and been helped and inspired by over the years. I don't know where I would be without you!

Laundromat, mini-mart, nail salon, pet shop, Books of Darkness.

There is buzz among the populace.

It's so easy to refuse to help others when you feel they were irresponsible. It's tempting to pass judgment and think you've done better for yourself on your own. But don't be so arrogant to think you got where you are by your own actions. Contrary to popular wisdom, you can't pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Whether you acknowledge it or not, you had help.

Contrary to popular wisdom, you can't pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. Whether you acknowledge it or not, you had help.

Nearly all the queers Michelle knew were fuckups in one way or another.

The Leatherman was a lesbian phenomenon and life ran more smoothly because of it.

The corollary to the Cave Man Principle is that if you want to predict the social interactions of humans in the future, simply imagine our social interactions 100,000 years ago and multiply by a billion. This means there will be a premium placed on gossip, social networking, and entertainment

Las calles, la plaza y los edificios no hacían un pueblo, ni tan siquiera le daban fisionomía. A un pueblo lo hacían sus hombres y su historia. [...] Por las casas que flanqueaban pasaron hombres honorables, que hoy eran sombras, pero que dieron al pueblo y al valle un sentido, una armonía, unas costumbres, un ritmo, un modo propio y peculiar de vivir.

Gossiping has become the main form of communication in human society. It has become the way we feel close to each other, because it makes us feel better to see someone else feel as badly as we do.

What makes you happy is love coming out of you. And if you are generous with your love, everyone is going to love you. You are never going to be alone if you are generous. If you are selfish, you are always going to be alone, and there is no one to blame but you. Your generosity will open all the doors, not your selfishness. Selfishness

Gossiping has become the main form of communication in human society.

To the Circle of Fire; those who have gone before, those who are present, and those who have yet to come.

Keterpencilan kota itu mungkin lebih pada masalah waktu ketimbang jarak.

We bus to avoid integrating our housing, underscoring the fact that we continually ask our schools to do what we can't seem to do in other domains of our society.

The Church is the place where the incompetent, the unfinished, and even the unhealthy are welcome. I believe Jesus agrees.

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The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.