715 quotes found
“I never doubted I would have a roof over my head, a school to go to, enough to to eat, books (and newspapers) to read, a safe neighborhood to play in and a doctor to see if I got sick.My parents an...”
“I thought, if we could just come together as a community, even if that just meant playing soccer together, that could be the beginning of something good. Coming together as a community, as a people...”
“Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication.”
“There are many forms of poverty: economic poverty, physical poverty, emotional poverty, mental poverty, and spiritual poverty. As long as we relate primarily to each other's wealth, health, stabili...”
“Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to improve even the lives of people who never participate...”
“I would have been trying to pitch a concept about my community to someone that most likely was not a part of that community.”
“That is the one thing that makes me a Democrat, I suppose - this idea that our communal values, our sense of mutual responsibility and social solidarity, should express themselves not just in the c...”
“Maintaining a fair and accessible justice system should at all times be the overarching concern of Government”
“Writers need each other.”
“I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn.”
“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.”
“As humans, reality for us is largely based on other people's perceptions. If there's 20 bodies in your crawl space but you haven't been caught yet, you tell yourself you're still a birthday clown, ...”
“When you a get a job you are not qualified for, it will be evil to you and to your community.”
“A shared table is the supreme expression of hospitality in every culture on earth. When your worn-out kitchen table hosts good people and good conversation, when it provides a safe place to break b...”
“A man's value to the community depends primarily on how far his feelings, thoughts, and actions are directed towards promoting the good of his fellows.”
“So do you want to make culture? Find a community, a small group who can lovingly fuel your dreams and puncture your illusions. Find friends and form a family who are willing to see grace at work in...”
“Personal value is the kind of value we receive from being active instead of passive, creative instead of consumptive.”
“How we treat one another matters, and not just in a "it's nice to be nice" kind of way: our behavior contributes to an environment that encourages some opportunities and hinders others.”
“People want to do something to make the world a better place. They will help when they are invited to.”
“Shalom is communal, holistic, and tangible. There is no private or partial shalom. The whole community must have shalom or no one has shalom. As long as there are hungry people in a community that ...”
