3,462 Quotes About Community

Every human activity can be put at the service of the divine and of love. We should all exercise our gift to build community.

You must not be afraid to make mistakes; you should not be afraid to ask for help. Life is not a one man race; it is a team effort and requires a lot of other people in order to cross the finish line.

Until a man love God, can he love his neighbour.

If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.

Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up, has to go into some other line of work, since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but the world's champions.

Interest and enthusiasm are the wellspring of continually evolving community life: they create bonds which unite us whether we are young or old, nearby or far from each other; they allow human warmth and love to be the formative forces in personal and community life and striving.

Islam isn't about ayats and hadiths and niches and lamps. Its about us. All of us. Allah’s too big and too open for my Islam to be small and closed

Tolerance is a poor substitute for embrace.

Finding communities that validate and share your anger creates powerful opportunities for collective social action.