Quotes About Community

That need for police and laws and moral commandments to be nice to strangers doesn't arise in tiny societies, in which everyone knows everyone else.

suggests that tribes were emerging in some areas by at least 13,000 years ago. In recent times tribes have still been widespread in parts of New Guinea and Amazonia.

We insist that "diversity" is a great strength, but for most Americans this is mere lip service. They rarely seek diversity in their personal lives, living instead in homogeneous islands that look nothing like the racial and cultural mix this country has become.

If non-white groups continue to advance race-based interests, is it wise for whites to continue to act as if they have none?

Sanotaan että politiikassa saa outoja petikumppaneita, niin myös yhteisessä vihassa.

For all the harmless innocence conjured by the word library, the Friedmans knew the truth: a library, properly maintained, could save the world - or burn it down.

It made them feel, as all good books do, less alone.

I'd stand near the fires, looking at people's faces, just soaking up the presence of other human beings. It was never enough, but it was better than nothing.

While being a hippie kind of person, you should still be responsible.

Fanfiction isn't copying - it's a celebration . One long party, from the first capital letter to the last full stop!

Words are like leaves,. . .like people really, fond of their own society.

You'll also be pleased to know that no resident has been eaten in their sleep here for almost thirty-seven years.

Try to be pleasant to one another, get plenty of fresh air, read a good book now and then, depose your government when it suspends the free press, try to use the mechanism of the state to adjudicate fairly, and employ diplomatic means wherever possible to avoid armed conflict.

Tea?" said Gordon with masterful good timing. "I've made a cake, too." "Thank you.

I hadn't even heard of East Carmine, let alone thought I would be spending a month there on Humility Realignment. My friends were horrified, expressed low-to-moderate outrage that I should be treated this way and proclaimed that they would have started a petition if they could have troubled themselves to look for a pencil.

A mí me parece que un país civilizado es aquel en que uno no tiene la necesidad de perder el tiempo con la política

En cuanto a la otra mitad del país, no se enteraba, o no se quería enterar. La mayoría eran inmigrantes del resto de España y, mientras les estaban vaciando la cartera, creían que el asunto no iba con ellos, que esto de la Generalitat era cosa de los catalanes de pura cepa, que ellos sólo estaban de paso aquí. Menuda cagada...

Fine buildings, fine pictures and books and everything that is beautiful are certainly signs of civilization. But an even better sign is a fine man who is unselfish and works with others for the good of all. To work together is better than to work singly, and to work together for the common good is best of all.

Writer and researcher of group dynamics Christina Baldwin once said, "Words are how we think, story is how we link.

Yes, we can debate our faith—even argue. But in the end, we need to recognize that we're all members of the same big family. Faith in Christ can be the tie that brings and binds us together, even when everything else threatens to pull us apart.

Traditional marketers, at the end of the month, count money. Guerrillas count new relationships.

everyone knows at least twelve influential people.

the purest form of public relations is human relations.

Sometimes you feel like the only man in the city without group affiliation.