Quotes About Community

I wasn't a gangbanger. I never joined a set. Never jumped in. I realized quickly that you don't have to join the gang; you just need to be cool with the leaders of

At Crenshaw, I was already known as a player. I didn't let anyone call me by my real name—Tracy. That would start fights. Niggas would say, "Tracy? That's a bitch's name." And shit would pop

other—just stop talking like you're leaving us." After getting that letter from my grandmother asking God to intercede and change my heart, I decided I'd start to go to this little church at Calipatria. They used to have coffee and donuts on Sunday, and I would sit there and pray

In the summertime I used to have a Kool-Aid stand set up in front of the house. A pitcher of Kool-Aid cost maybe a dollar and I'd sell glasses for a quarter apiece. I'd be able to make a profit of eight or nine bucks on a hot day. That was a nice little

At Donovan, I joined Kairos, a prison-based ministry group, and attended church regularly. Kairos—that's Greek for "God's Time"—became an integral part of my life.

The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.

A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.

The colored race multiplies like the locusts of Egypt.

I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.

In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.

Saying of the Prophet THE PEOPLE It is the people who are God's family. (Muhammad the Prophet)

You say that this society will come to an end, because societies always have done so. I wonder whether they have ended because they were not really societies at all.

But the minimum human duty is to serve others: it is no great attainment.

Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Community: Irrationals unified by hope of the impossible.

A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years' sincere, obedient dedication.

Each flies with its own kind: pigeon with pigeon, hawk with hawk.

Brotherhood" to the more civilised is connected with training and identity of interest.' Man

No existe práctica en aislamiento.

Los Sufis no están aquí para satisfacer una demanda. Existen para compartir lo que tienen. Estas dos cosas no son siempre lo mismo.

Saying of the Prophet Reflection The Faithful are mirrors, one to the other.

Dicho del Profeta Reflejo Los creyentes son espejos, unos para otros.

Detto del Profeta Riflessione I Fedeli sono specchi, gli uni per gli altri.

Dicho del Profeta Reflexión Los Fieles son espejos, unos para otros.