Quotes about Belonging
Throughout evolution, ostracism was death indeed.
— Helen Fisher
I go to church as an expression of my need for God and for God's family.
— Philip Yancey
grace means there is nothing I can do to make God love me more, and nothing I can do to make God love me less. It means that I, even I who deserve the opposite, am invited to take my place at the table in God's family.
— Philip Yancey
I'm convinced that human beings instinctively seek two things. We long for meaning, a sense that our life somehow matters to the world around us. And we long for community, a sense of being loved.
— Philip Yancey
Christianity is not a purely intellectual, internal faith. It can only be lived in community.
— Philip Yancey
Christians behave like spies, living in one world while our deepest allegiance belongs to another.
— Philip Yancey
Novelist Reynolds Price said there is one sentence all humankind craves to hear: "The Maker of all things loves and wants me.
— Philip Yancey
If God's kingdom had a "No Oddballs Allowed" sign posted, none of us could get in.
— Philip Yancey
The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world…. The reason is obvious. In a large community we can choose our companions. In a small community our companions are chosen for us.
— Philip Yancey
Your identity doesn't come from your address.
— Denise Hunter
If you want to have everybody agreeing with you, join a club or program or church that agrees with you.
— Dennis Prager
You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
— Desmond Tutu