Quotes About Community

How we relate to God is generally how we relate to others.

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you . . ." —Leviticus 19:33-34

I don't get it," she said. "No rules on anything, and this is the cleanest park I've ever seen. How?" "People care enough to maintain it," he explained as they went outside again, "and any vandalism is gone in less than a day, at the vandal's expense if he's found, so there is a real motivation against damaging things.

Home is not where you live, but where they understand you." —Christian Morgenstern "Call

People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. I've seen statistics that are just staggering.

Necessity reconciles and brings men together; and this accidental connection afterwards forms itself into laws

There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.

Coffee with a friend a day keeps the blues away

Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.

The finest lives, in my opinion, are those who rank in the common model, and with the human race, but without miracle, without extravagance.

Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it.

Living together alone is hell between consenting adults.

Men live alongside one another like cattle; it is a miracle if once in a while they manage to share a bottle of booze.

Joissakin yhteiskunnissa kysytään ensin, onko hän naimisissa ja onko hänellä lapsia; meidän yhteiskunnassamme ihmiseltä kysytään ensimmäiseksi ammattia. Länsimaisen ihmisen määrittää hänen paikkansa tuotantoketjussa, ei niinkään status suvunjatkajana.

The greater the proportion of pure morality in a particular system, the happier and more enduring the society.

Jaren later zou Bruno beseffen dat het kleinburgerlijke wereldje van kantoorbedienden en consultants toleranter, gastvrijer en opener was dan dat van de alternatieve jeugd, die in die tijd werd belichaamd door de hippies.

Se gândi la toÈ›i oamenii care coexist? f?r? vreun motiv aparent, în inima aceluiaÈ™i oraÈ™, f?r? vreun interes sau vreo preocupare comune, urmând traiectorii neb?nuite È™i divergente, dar aduÈ™i împreun? de sex sau de crim?.

Uno cobra conciencia de sí mismo en su relación con el prójimo; y por eso la relación con el prójimo es insoportable.

Lõpuks hakkab inimene alati huvi tundma kommunaalide vastu.

We reject liberal ideology because it's incapable of furnishing meaning, a way to reconcile the individual with his fellow man in a community that one could qualify as human.

Something good had come of the accident – he had met one of his neighbours.

Zoals het mooie Franse woord 'ménage' aangeeft, dat zowel 'huishouden' als 'zuinigheid' betekent, vertegenwoordigden het echtpaar en het gezin het laatste eilandje van primitief collectivisme binnen de liberale samenleving. De seksuele bevrijding leidde tot de vernietiging van die tussengemeenschappen, de laatste buffers tussen het individu en de markt. Dat vernietigingsproces gaat ook nu nog onverminderd door.

il y a dans les villes deux fonctions, l'une primaire d'habitation, l'autre secondaire de circulation, et on voit aujourd'hui partout l'habitation méprisée, sacrifiée à la circulation, de telle sorte que nos villes, privées d'arbres, de fontaines, de marchés, de berges, pour être de plus en plus «circulables», deviennent de moins en moins habitables.

Perché per rispettare gli altri e trattarli in modo giusto, non dobbiamo dimenticarci che abbiamo tutti bisogno di qualcuno. Che siamo tutti dipendenti. Senza eccezione. E che la dipendenza non è necessariamente negativa.