Quotes About Community

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

If there were more temple work done in the Church, there would be less of selfishness, less of contention, less of demeaning others.

I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it.

If you ever go to Temple Square in Salt Lake City, if you stay there long enough, you'll see a homeless person standing in the middle of their nice, beautiful square, holding out a cup for change. And the Mormons don't ever ask him to leave.

The Tambors were conservative Jews, and we attended Temple Beth Shalom at 14th Avenue and Clement Street in San Francisco. We were the only Jewish family for miles. To me, being Jewish meant 'otherness.'

The Temple of HipHop has declared HipHop its own religion. We believe HipHop is divine. HipHop proves the existence of God.

When a temple catches fire, irrespective of their faith, everyone works to douse the flames. Similarly, all parties worked against the forces that imposed Emergency.

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when.

My relationship with the Grizzlies might change, but my relationship with Memphis won't. What I feel inside and how I feel about Memphis and its people has nothing to do with a franchise or a temporary thing. It's not going to change.

Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became one of them - but it was not my family. I've always been attracted to temporary families. They tend to be lost characters.

I've always been attracted to temporary families.

Artists working for other artists is all about knowing, learning, unlearning, initiating long-term artistic dialogues, making connections, creating covens, and getting temporary shelter from the storm.

Average people seldom talked about anything interesting and often hurt each other savagely.

We are the creature of language, and through language we affirm ourselves, we find out about the world, including ourselves, through words, and we share with one another through language.

Where you read a book and when you read and with whom (as your fellow readers) can make a big difference!

She is not alone in her courage. The South is filled with an underground of sly liberals in the midst of situations hardly likely to support their efforts.

When you're living with a mob of other people, it's hard not to fall into thinking like as they do, and then you ain't YOU no more.

A man with friends is the wealthiest man in the world.

Giving to those in need what they could be gaining from their own initiative may well be the kindest way to destroy people.

The money spent by one campus ministry to cover the costs of their Central American mission trip to repaint an orphanage would have been sufficient to hire two local painters and two new full-time teachers and purchase new uniforms for every student in the school.

Community transformation is about the quality of neighbors, not the quality of programs.

the only effective charity is the kind that asks more from those being served, rather than less. Asking for more sends an affirming message to the recipient that he or she also has something of value to offer.

The strategy of crisis intervention must then shift to a strategy of development.

Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication.