Community Quote by Erwin McManus

Our equal and opposite needs for solitude and community constitute a great paradox. When it is torn apart, both of these life-giving states of…

— Parker J. Palmer

“If the boundaries of the self are defined by what we feel, then those who cannot feel even for themselves shrink within their own…

— Rebecca Solnit

Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth,…

— Albert Einstein

When we become isolated, we are prone to being damaged; our minds lose their flexibility and natural kindness; we become vulnerable to fear and…

— John O'Donohue

“Our culture values independence and isolation far too much, it seems to me--we have a hard time making ourselves part of things, of making…

— Tom Walsh

With a fractured sense of self, we come to depend on what people feed back to us - often mediated through social networks -…

— Geoff Mulgan

Believe me, I know what it's like to feel all alone...the worst kind of loneliness in the world is isolation that comes from being…

— Dan Brown

We have never been more detached from one another, or lonelier. In a world consumed by ever more novel modes of socializing, we have…

— Stephen Marche

The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

— Henri Nouwen

I am in no way different from anyone else, that my predicament, my sense of aloneness or isolation may be precisely what unites me…

— Franz Wright

People don't acknowledge loneliness in themselves, and don't appreciate its benefits, the reflection and attentiveness that come with it, the deepened acquaintance with oneself.

— Marilynne Robinson

“The sense of community is that feeling of togetherness that brings us comfort. We are all alone in the world, so we strive to…

— Del Suggs