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Communion is mutual trust, mutual belonging; it is the to-and-fro movement of love between two people where each one gives and each…
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So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the construction of…
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So we need places, laboratories, the creation of places which could be each one of our homes, where we invite people who…
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Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community."…
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Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper.
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He who is or has been deeply hurt has a RIGHT to be sure he is LOVED.
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The friend of time doesn't spend all day saying: 'I haven't got time.' He doesn't fight with time. He accepts it and…
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Those we most often exclude from the normal life of society, people with disabilities, have profound lessons to teach us
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Stop looking for peace. Give yourselves where you are. Stop looking at yourselves, look instead at your brothers and sisters in need.…
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I remember that throughout history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for…
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In any case, community is not about perfect people. It is about people who are bonded to each other, each of whom…
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We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel that they…
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The preservation of our national security and the laws that define us as the United States of America demand that we understand…
— John O. Brennan
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The more I look around and listen I realize that I'm not alone. We are all facing choices that define us. No…
— Sabrina Ward Harrison
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The lesson, I suppose, is that none of us have much control over how we will be remembered. Every life is an…
— Alice McDermott
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Our children will be born of our actions. Our accidents will become their destinies. Oh, the actions will remain. It is a…
— Zadie Smith
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There is a great good in returning to a landscape that has had extraordinary meaning in one's life. It happens that we…
— N. Scott Momaday
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It's not our mistakes that define us. It's the lessons we learn that show our true character.
— Cassia Leo
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We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is…
— Adyashanti
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Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.
— R. J. Palacio
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Four years ago, I was thinking… no Olympics, who am I? Probably in ’04, I was identified with gymnastics. I thought gymnastics…
— Raj Bhavsar
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Laughter is the evidence that we're still here, the proof that our tragedies will not define us forever. Laughter is the language…
— Josh James
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We have needed to define ourselves by reclaiming the words that define us. They have used language as weapons. When we open…
— Selma James
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Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us.
— Deena Kastor
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