Quotes About Community

In the natural community, whenever a population's food supply increases, that population increases. As that population increases, its food supply decreases, and as its food supply decreases, that population decreases. This interaction between food populations and feeder populations is what keeps everything in balance.

And if being civilized means anything at all, it should mean you're the leaders of the club, not its only criminals and destroyers.

We've discovered that any species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

Tribal people get more out of life.

Because the tribe is its members, the tribe is what its members want it to be—nothing more and nothing less.

it's the work of animism to read the Law of Life that is written in the community of life.

For how could he live with himself, if indeed he did live at all, knowing that his life was so inextricably bound to others, knowing that he was not his own man? "So

It was laid out much like any other town—thoughtlessly, and in haste. Here is where the rich people lived, and here the workers. This is where the white people shopped, and here was the special store for the Chinese, which had everything they could ever want, as long as they didn't want that much.

There were so many dead their spirits could no longer be contained in the darkness, and, like deer, their population had spilled over into parts of the town reserved for the living.

What matters is that we're all thinking beings, and if we are thinking beings we ought to be able to find common ground somewhere.

Nobody here wants to be awful, he said. He hopped a little as he zipped up. It's just nobody here knows all the rules yet, and that makes a rocky time.

The Dolly's around here can't be seen to coddle a snitch's family --- that's the always been our way. We're old blood, us people, and our ways was set firm long before hot shot baby Jesus ever even burped milk'n sh*& yellow.

the first Grand Challenge, held in 2004, was a flop. The best that any vehicle could manage was just 7.5 miles on the 142-mile course in the rugged desert on the California-Nevada border. Yet this failure was also a success. "The first competition created a community of innovators, engineers, students, programmers, off-road racers, backyard mechanics, inventors, and dreamers," said a DARPA official. "The fresh thinking they brought was the spark.

The level of confidence women are able to build in women-only groups is important.

I don't mind if the couple next to me is tense or the kids are whiny. I'd even be happy to hear an honest argument, evidence of thinking. I'd like to know these teeth-perfect families don't just buy each other stuff but just occasionally can talk to one another.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

All over the world, independent and strong civil society – NGOs, faith leaders, and other community advocates – help governments solve problems and better serve their people better by shining a light on the issues that matter most – like education standards, access to healthcare, the rule of law, and economic opportunity.

One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so.

Rich or poor, we will keep together and be happy in one another.

There's such a thing as a tribe – and family of choice.

Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. But to me, the trick in life is to take that sense of generosity between kin, make it apply to the extended family and to your neighbour, your village and beyond.

I wanted to say thanks… and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support from everyone.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

Maybe it's stress or anger or adrenaline or disillusionment or a bullying nature or simple fear of getting killed themselves, but there is a problem if a cop cannot tell the difference between a menacing gangster and the far more common person they encounter whose life is a little frayed and messy.