Quotes About Community

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.

We are at that very point in time when a 400-year-old age is dying and another is struggling to be born - a shifting of culture, science, society and institutions enormously greater than the world has ever experienced. Ahead, the possibility of regeneration of individuality, liberty, community and ethics such as the world has never known, and a harmony with nature, with one another and with the divine intelligence such as the world has always dreamed.

I never saw this coming - the little house was working its magic, connecting me to people and materials I never would have guessed would find their way into the picture.

If more people understood how nice it is to have a sense of home that extends past our locked doors, past our neighbors' padlocks, to the local food co-op and library, the sidewalks busted up by old trees - if we all held home with longer arms - we'd live in a very different place.

Walk with those who are looking for the truth, run from those who think they have found it.

Once the fabric of a just society is undone, it takes generations to weave it back together.

Success comes when people act together failure tends to happen alone.

Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.

religion is a tool to bind people together, to strengthen their unity, but like every tool, it can be mismanaged, even used in opposition to the way it should.

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

One touch of Nature makes the whole world kin," then one touch of myth makes the whole world sacred.

Selfishness is not an option, even when it comes to a cell's own survival.

People who report that they are happy have a common trait: they actively connect with friends and loved ones for an hour or two a day.

You begin to see yourself not in isolation but as part of the whole. It becomes possible to help others as you would help yourself, not because service and charity make you feel good, but because you recognize that you are the very person you serve.

The best way to put the Law of Giving into operation — to start the whole process of circulation — is to make a decision that any time you come into contact with anyone, you will give them something.

When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball rims were never fixed. And we understood then that there was a relationship between public policy and our quality of life.

Cate felt that just by looking at them, people might have guessed that something was wrong, that something had frightened them; and that fear was like a wire which connected them with each other and isolated them from everyone else.

Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.

And this that you call solitude is in fact a big crowd.

From one bell all the bells toll.

Conversation, friendship, laughter, and understanding are my favorite sports

I sat at the table and listened to the women swap stories about the people in our town.They were able to find so much to laugh about; I wondered who was sitting at a table somewhere laughing at us.

Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.

Some of my fans have said that because I've been able to speak about my issues, that they're not afraid to speak about theirs, which is an amazing feeling.