Quotes about Community

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.

Nothing can be by itself alone, no one can be by himself or herself alone, everyone has to inter-be with every one else. That is why, when you look outside, around you, you can see yourself.

I'm a student at Harvard University, and currently work as the United States Youth Poet Laureate, a community organizer, and an activist.

I thought they loved me, and they would scarcely have known it if I had died. All through our troubles, I was comforted with the thought that the brethren in Maulmain and America were praying for us, and they have never once thought of us.

Gone must be the days of only pointing fingers at others to fix what they may never fix. Our nation's ills are not merely the result of corruption or racism, although these are evil. Our troubles can also be traced directly to ineffective Christians.

A sure indicator of true religion is a concern for the poor of the earth.

Liturgy, in truth, is an event by means of which we let ourselves be introduced into the expansive faith and prayer of the Church. This is the reason why the early Christians prayed facing east, in the direction of the rising sun, the symbol of the returning Christ.

In time of crisis people want to know that you care, more than they care what you know

Most people would not want to live where there are no churches but many people live as though there were no churches.

Ubuntu really says if you want to be nice to yourself, start in a way by being nice to the other.

The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?

People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life.