Quotes About Community

don't mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don't go around naked, for example. I don't run through red lights. The little things, I can obey. But the big things—how we think, what we value—those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone—or any society—determine those for you.

Have you found someone to share your heart with?" he asked. "Are you giving to your community? "Are you at peace with yourself?

diferentes podemos ser? »Invierte en la familia humana. Invierte en las personas. Construye una pequeña comunidad con los que amas y con los que te aman.

Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.

So many poeple walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to your community around you, devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning

He told his friends that if they really wanted to help him, they would treat him not with sympathy but with visits, phone calls, a sharing of their problems

Small towns have their own heartbeat, no matter how many people come or go.

Mitch, if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down at you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

Have you ever considered how many living things there are on earth? People. Animals. Birds. Fish. Trees. It makes you wonder how anyone could feel lonely. Yet humans do. It's a shame.

The second wave says, 'No, you don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.

if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for the people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right? And at the end of life, when you get like me, you need others to survive, right? His voice dropped to a whisper. But here's the secret : in between, we need others as well .

Don't assume it is too late to get involved.

No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone." He

We fear loneliness, Annie, but loneliness itself does not exist. It has no form. It is merely a shadow that falls over us. And just as shadows die when light changes, that sad feeling can depart once we see the truth." "What's the truth?" Annie asked. "That the end of loneliness is when someone needs you." The old woman smiled. "And the world is so full of need." *

Strangers, are just family you have yet to come to know.

When a Catholic priest from across the street insulted one of our members, you demanded he apologize. When he did, you accepted, as his penance, a gesture. You waited until the Catholic schoolkids were in recess, playing in the schoolyard, then you and the priest strolled around the perimeter, arm in arm, showing that different faiths can indeed walk side by side, in harmony.

Some of our greatest problems in ministering to people is that they knew us back before we came to the Lord

That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another

That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.

Back in the sanctuary, the Reb concluded his taped message by saying, "Please love one another, talk to one another, don't let trivialities dissolve friendships…" Then he sang a simple tune, which translated to: "Good-bye friends, good-bye friends, good-bye, good-bye, see you again, see you again, good-bye." The congregation, one last time, joined in. You could say it was the loudest prayer of his career. But I always knew he'd go out with a song.

Collingswood

That the end of loneliness is when someone needs you.

You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean.