3,462 Quotes About Community

All life with others carries the germ of the capacity of dissolution because souls are more than what they factually are.

If you know EVERYONE, you don't know ANYONE.

We go from curiosity to a search for communion.

Yet there are times when for no logical reason I feel an almost unbearable sense of isolation. Not only am I divided in myself, my underwater and above-water selves separated, but I feel wrenched away from everybody around me. This is part of being human, this knowing that we are all part of one another, inextricably involved; and at the same time alone, irrevocably alone.

You (Millennials) are the generation most afraid of real community because it inevitably limits freedom and choice. Get over your fear.

In the First Epistle of Peter we are told to honor everyone, and I have never been in a situation where I felt this instruction was inappropriate. When we accept dismissive judgements of our community we stop having generous hopes for it. We cease to be capable of serving its best interests.

A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.

My life's work is to help people step into their God-given abilities and make a positive difference in their community.

Housing is a human right. There can be no fairness or justice in a society in which some live in homelessness, or in the shadow of that risk, while others cannot even imagine it.