Community Quote by James V. Brownson

“...everybody alive is a lost and disastrous mess...the scattered moments of kinship we feel with others are, when reduced to their most basic elements,…

— Joel Derfner

“We are all inexorably wound together as individuals, as families, as communities, and as a society. We must take care to value, accommodate, and,…

— Deborah J. Doucette

Each human being, however small or weak, has something to bring to humanity. As we start to really get to know others, as we…

— Jean Vanier

“Each of us has his or her own distinct personality. But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down…

— Malcolm Gladwell

The writer's first affinity is not to a loyalty, a tradition, a morality, a religion, but to life itself, and to its representation in…

— Jayne Anne Phillips

“It is in a home and with a family that values are usually acquired, traditions are fostered, and commitments to others are established. There…

— James E. Faust

“The core of any family is what is changeless, what is always going to be there—shared vision and values.”

— Stephen R. Covey

We regard our living together not as an unfortunate mishap warranting endless competition among us but as a deliberate act of God to make…

— Steven Biko

“We all want to be a part of a group or a community, to find that place that allows us to feel as one.…

— Miguel Ruiz Jr

“Connection to a larger humanity gives people more freedom to express their individuality without fear of jeopardizing belonging.”

— Brené Brown

“We will arrive at the universal not by abandoning our particularity but by turning it into a way of reaching others, by virtue of…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

“Like most visions of a 'golden age', the 'traditional family' evaporates on closer examination. It is an ahistorical amalgam of structures, values, and behaviors…

— Stephanie Coontz