Quotes About Community

Un instante en presencia de los Amigos (Sufis) es mejor que cien años de dedicación sincera y obediente

Definiciones de Mulla Do-Piaza Comunidad: irracionales unidos por la esperanza de lo imposible.

Beggars and Workers IT IS RELATED of Ibn el-Arabi that people said to him: 'Your circle is composed mainly of beggars, husbandmen and artisans. Can you not find people of intellect who will follow you, so that perhaps more authoritative notice might be taken of your teachings?' He said: 'The Day of Calamity will be infinitely

Cada uno vuela con su propia especie: paloma con paloma, halcón con halcón.

Dicho del Profeta La Gente: En la gente se encuentra la familia de Dios.

Pies encadenados en presencia de amigos es mejor que vivir en un jardín con extraños.

En un pueblo donde todos tienen solo una pierna, el bípedo brincará por ahí de la forma más lastimosa si es que sabe lo que le conviene".

The teacher works in accordance with the prospects of his students and the possibility of maintaining the community of Sufis.

Él (maestro) trabaja de acuerdo con las chances de sus estudiantes y la posibilidad de mantener la continuidad de la comunidad de Sufis.

Qué es la humanidad? Sentir dolor ante las penas de tus vecinos, sentirse humillado ante la humillación de tus semejantes.

Dicho del Profeta Monacato No hay monjes en el Islam.

Sufis are not here to satisfy a demand. They exist to share what they have got. These two things are not always the same.

Nada está perdido mientras haya una sola persona para recordárnoslo.

La sociedad civil solidaria y organizada que tanto se jactó de su emergencia con los sismos es la misma que luego bajó las manos ante el fraude electoral de 1988, la misma que creyó y avaló la construcción de la efímera quimera salinista, la misma que en nuestros días ejerce sus labores democráticos como si se tratara de imperativos neuróticos. ¿Negamos los sismos porque los vinculamos con esta penosa actualidad social y política?

Everyone has a "greatness within" to be of service and to benefit their family, friends, neighbors, their community and humanity. From that "Greatness," the beautiful and holy intention to benefit all life springs forth. At that moment when you have heard your inner voice, what did you do? The moment you became aware of your greatness within, what did you do? Did you acknowledge and accept it? Or did you turn away from it?

Let us give future generations the gift of Earth citizenship by first giving it to ourselves.

Earth Citizens recognize themselves as members of a planetary community, instead of as members of a single nation, religion, or organization. And, most importantly, they live that awareness.

Some changes we can control, but we find that many things are inseparably wired into the life we share in local, national, and global communities. For example, the healthy lifestyle you are determined to live and take to be a personal choice of which you have control, is heavily influenced and limited by the culture and industries of the communities you belong to.

My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that it's the way one is raised.

well', he said. 'most people aren't like you. They're locked up in themselves. They live in their castles - all alone. They're like me.' 'Well, everyone lives in his own castle', said Maude. 'But that's no reason not to lower the drawbridge and go out on visits.

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us.

Humans are not by nature solitary. They need to connect with other human beings to share dreams and fears, to lean on each other, to enhance each other.

You can leave behind you a good reputation. But the only thing of momentous value we leave behind is the next generation, our kids—all our kids. We all need to work together to give them the gift of a good start in life.