Quotes about Community
Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal. It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with men and each man with himself.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The real test of any church or religion is the kind of men it makes.
- David O. McKay
I think the world would be much poorer without religion, speaking generally.
- Gordon Hinckley
Any religion has to have a practice. When you let it go so far from practice that it just becomes a matter of talk something bad happens.
- Wendell Berry
...religion is a tool to bind people together, to strengthen their unity, but like every tool, it can be mismanaged, even used in opposition to the way it should.
- Deepak Chopra
Many of the men who had come to the wilderness to practice religion appeared to have forgotten its true nature.
- Ellen Glasgow
Becoming a Christian was terribly helpful to me. I can't imagine finding my way without it. I think it can be very crucially important to ally yourself with some religion.
- Frederick Buechner
The church exists for the sake of those outside it.
- William Temple
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.
- Woodrow Wilson
As the little boy said to the Sunday School teacher after being told the reason we are on Earth is to help others: "Then what are the others here for?"
- Anonymous
Hangout with people who respect you. And people who inspire you.
- Bo Sanchez
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
- Jesse Jackson