Quotes by Community I tend to like the way poets form communities. Writing can be lonely after all. Modern life can be lonely. Poets do seem to be more social than fiction writers. This could be because of poetry's roots in the oral tradition - poetry is read aloud and even performed. I'm just speculating, of course. At any rate, because poets form these groups, they learn from one another. That is one of the best things about being a poet. Rae Armantrout communitylonelywriting Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them.... At times we lose people because they don't understand what we are saying, because we have forgotten the language of simplicity and import an intellectualism foreign to our people.... We cannot keep ourselves shut up in parishes, in our communities, when so many people are waiting for the Gospel. Pope Francis simplicitycommunitypeople You may be poor yourselves in material ways, but you have an abundance of gifts to offer when you offer Christ and the community of his Church. Pope Francis communitychurchmay Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life. Radhanath Swami communityreligiousspiritual Walking around nude in front of humans was not a good way to keep a low profile with the community. It was an excellent way to make new friends, though. Rachel Vincent new-friendscommunityway To protect any community, we need intelligence and to nourish it we need humility. Radhanath Swami communityhumilityneeds Religious freedom certainly means the right to worship God, individually and in community, as our consciences dictate. But religious liberty, by its nature, transcends places of worship and the private sphere of individuals and families. Pope Francis communityreligiousmean Sports brings community together. Rajashree Choudhury communitytogethersports Modern problems proliferate and remain unsolved because we spend so much time trying to deal with societal and world problems without first dealing with family and community problems. If we organized for normal families and communities - if these two groups provided the functions they are designed for - world problems would diminish and fade out in two or three generations. Ralph Borsodi communitytryingtwo Hopefully the rappers can start to open the eyes in the neighborhoods and communities. Rakim rappercommunityeye I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. Rainer Maria Rilke circlescommunitylife When strangers start acting like neighbors... communities are reinvigorated. Ralph Nader brotherhoodcommunityacting There is not enough self-consciousness about what a family can be, about what it can inherit from forbearers, and what new traditions it can start as a contributor to the community. Ralph Nader consciousnesscommunityself I'm really interested not just in privacy for the individual but respect for the local communities. And I think we have a problem with both and whenever industries kind of become almost monopolistic they have to be challenged to be more responsible. We can challenge them in the press, in the courts and in regulation. Ramesh Srinivasan communitychallengesthinking Any successful black person will have to face suspicion within his or her own community about his or her loyalty to other blacks. Randall Kennedy communityloyaltysuccessful Having set one's family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community. Ramana Maharshi prosperitycommunityshould One out of every eight prisoners in the world is an African American. We are warehousing people as a profit to shareholders or for benefits to communities that get to host federal prisons. It is modern slavery. Randall Robinson eightcommunitypeople Small wonder our national spirit is husk empty. We have more information but less knowledge. More communication but less community. More goods but less goodwill. More of virtually everything save that which the human spirit requires. So distracted have we become sating this new need or that material appetite, we hardly noticed the departure of happiness Randall Robinson communicationcommunityneeds I think the business community knows that half the world's oil reserves are gone. All the low-hanging fruit has been picked, and now there's the scramble for what remains. Randall Robinson oilcommunitythinking We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community. Rand Paul drugcommunitylaw«143144145146147148149150151152153»
