Quotes About Community

We are not defined by belief or by faith nor religion.We are the family of God.

After all what's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority.

The church exists for the sake of those outside it.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

The voice of the people is the voice of God. (Vox populi vox dei.)

I'm not ok - you're not ok and that's ok.

A church is a hospital for sinners not a museum for saints.

Many families think of church as if it was a convention - they send one delegate.

The first Sunday I sang in the church choir two hundred people changed their religion.

As the little boy said to the Sunday School teacher after being told the reason we are on Earth is to help others: "Then what are the others here for?"

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.

We do have some capacity to determine how things evolve, and how we evolve, individually and as a community or race. That's a tremendous freedom and a tremendous responsibility.

You can't have a church town without belief and you can't have belief without intolerance.

It is human, to want to feel connected with others, to strive for a sense of belonging.Yet the ultimate hack is is to belong with yourself.Once you belong within, You belong with all.

The women cried with one another, and it didn't seem to matter whether you were Jewish or Christian, you just mourned.

The rich will make temples for Siva. What shall I, a poor man, do? My legs are pillars, the body the shrine, the head the cupola of gold.

It is human, to want to feel connected with others, to strive for a sense of belonging.Yet the ultimate hack is to belong with yourself.Once you belong within, You belong with all.

Amish recognize each others' horse like we do our friends' car.

The Swartzentruber Order is the most conservative on the Amish spectrum. Amish people have differences just like any culture.

If Heaven actually exists, I don't need anyone to be my real estate broker. After all, what is religion but an attempt to sell you a share in the ultimate gated community?

Saying of the ProphetTHE PEOPLEIt is the people who are God's family.(Muhammad the Prophet)

Behavior speaks... When you need money, the church tells you to pray. When the church needs money, they pass around a basket.

A Black church that isn't inherently revolutionary is irrelevant.

I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THING I DO NOT WHAT MY COMMUNITY OR RELIGION DOES.