Quotes About Community

When an entire group of people come together and try to make some kind of identity out of what they don't have, they usually end up convincing themselves they can do whatever they damn well please.

My walk through the cemetery was an acquaintance with local history.

Unlike England, where a home health aide nips over every day during the first fortnight and several times a week for the next two months, many new parents in America don't have anyone around to guide them through the early days.

god gives but does not share --haitian proverb

To an outsider, building a school before there was a medical clinic, or someone to deal with the problems of hunger and homelessness, was illogical, but Farmer and Lafontant understood that the school meant hope and empowerment.

We can spend sixty-eight thousand dollars per TB patient in New York City, but if you start giving watches or radios to patients here, suddenly the international health community jumps on you for creating nonsustainable projects.

The central belief of liberation theology - to provide a preferential option for the poor...providing medicine in the places that needed it the most...

Money is a fictional thing that is supposed to go around. Hoarding it is a sin

People who manage relationships well are able to see the benefit of connecting with many different people, even those they are not fond of.

I can't help but think of the dance that I'm not going to. It's not that I want to go to a dance. I'd go milk cows with Jocelyn if I could. Or do whatever kids around here do for fun.

Dünyada iki tip insan vard?r evlat. Senin gibiler ve bizim gibiler.

La gente y la tierra son lo mismo - solia decir su padre- si desatiendes una de las dos, la otra acaba pagando las consecuencias

When the Stranger says: 'What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?' What will you answer? 'We all dwell together To make money from each other'? or 'This is a community'? And the Stranger will depart and return to the desert.

She thinks she is white,' they used to sneer, and that was as bad as a curse.

Boys enjoy the misery of their companions, at least village boys in that day did, and in later life I have found that all adults are not free from the peculiarity.

Prior to the rebellion the great mass of the people were satisfied to remain near the scenes of their birth. In fact an immense majority of the whole people did not feel secure against coming to want should they move among entire strangers. So much was the country divided into small communities that localized idioms had grown up, so that you could almost tell what section a person was from by hearing him speak.

The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body.

The advantage of a big city, move on a few meters and you find solitude again.

Las redes sociales le dan el derecho de hablar a legiones de idiotas que antes hablaban sólo en el bar después de un vaso de vino, sin dañar a la comunidad. Entonces eran rápidamente silenciados, pero ahora tienen el mismo derecho a hablar que un Premio Nobel. Es la invasión de los imbéciles

If a shepherd errs, he must be isolated from other shepherds, but woe unto us if the sheep begin to distrust shepherds.

At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to call constantly into question the very tales we believe true, because the criterion of the wisdom of the community is based on constant awareness of the fallibility of our learning.

Such cultural gatherings also show that new ways of virtual socialization are not enough. You can have thousands of Facebook contacts, but in the end, unless you're completely stoned, you realize there is no real human contact online, so you look for opportunities to share experiences and be face-to-face with people who think like you. 2013

Si un pastor falla, hay que separarlo de los otros pastores, pero, ¡ay si las ovejas empezaran a desconfiar de los pastores!

A mídia social dá a legiões de idiotas o direito de falar quando antes eles só falavam num bar, depois de uma taça de vinho, sem fazer mal à comunidade... mas agora eles têm o mesmo direito de falar que um vencedor do Prêmio Nobel. É a invasão dos idiotas.