“Most importantly, I realize the value of the other people – the extended family – the other people within my community, my cultures: my teachers and the other people I call Auntie, Uncle, Godfather, Godbrother, whatever. These are people who pulled you in and made you part of their lives and their homes.” — LammanContinue reading “The Value of the other people within my community”
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Strength in the Differences
“I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap.” ― Ani DiFranco
Create Stable Communities
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
You can make the impossible possible
“What I try to tell young people is that if you come together with a mission, and its grounded with love and a sense of community, you can make the impossible possible.” — John Lewis Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
We must become bigger than we have been
“We must become bigger than we have been: more courageous, greater in spirit, larger in outlook. We must become members of a new race, overcoming petty prejudice, owing our ultimate allegiance not to nations but to our fellow men within the human community.” — Haile Selassie Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
Every Successful Individual Knows…
“Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.” — Paul Ryan Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
Our ambitions must be broad enough…
“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.” — Cesar Chavez Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
Communication Leads to Community
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. –Rollo May Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/community
A Thousand Fibers Connect Us
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” — Herman Melville
Community is a sign that love is possible
“Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other. It is a sign that we don’t need a lot of money to be happy–in fact, the opposite.” — Jean Vanier Recently we started The Espirational Community as a Facebook Group whereContinue reading “Community is a sign that love is possible”
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