Quotes about Community
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
— Oscar Wilde
Peace in society depends upon peace in the family.
— St. Augustine
The Sabbath is the day on which we learn the art of surpassing civilization.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Jewish contribution to the idea of love is the conception of love of the Sabbath, the love of a day, of spirit in the form of time.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
With information we are alone; in appreciation we are with all things.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The great dream of Judaism is not to raise priests, but a people of priests; to consecrate all men, not only some men.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
There is a high cost of living to be paid by a Jew. He has to be exalted in order to be normal in a world that is neither propitious for nor sympathetic to his survival.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
It is not we who long for a day of rest, but the Sabbath spirit that is lonely and longs for us.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Just as man is not alone in what he is, he is not alone in what he does. A mitsvah is an act which God and man have in common.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Yet our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but rather how to remain human in the skyscrapers. NOTES 1 Portions of this section are based on Heschel, Man Is Not Alone (New York: Farrar, Straus, 1951).
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
— Abraham Lincoln
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
— Abraham Lincoln