#unity

We pray for this beloved country, Egypt, for God to protect her safety, security, stability; to protect her unity and more so, her image. ↗

— Pope Theodoros II

#beloved country #country #egypt #god #her

When spiritual friends share their stories, the others listen without working. They rest. There’s nothing to fix, nothing to improve. A spiritual community feels undisturbed quiet as they listen, certainly burdened . . . but still resting in the knowledge that the life within, the passion for holiness, is indestructible. It needs only to be nourished and released. ↗

— Larry Crabb

#community #friends #spiritual #life

Soon enough it will be me struggling (valiantly?) to walk - lugging my stuff around. How are we all so brave as to take step after step? Day after day? How are we so optimistic, so careful not to trip and yet do trip, and then get up and say O.K. Why do I feel so sorry for everyone and so proud? ↗

— Maira Kalman

#humanity #life #struggle #life

Interest and enthusiasm are the wellspring of continually evolving community life: they create bonds which unite us whether we are young or old, nearby or far from each other; they allow human warmth and love to be the formative forces in personal and community life and striving. ↗

— Henning Hansmann

#community #enthusiasm #interest #education

Salvation is more than a word, It is His Word. His word became flesh so we have the opportunity to live. ↗

— Tabitha Robin

#life #live #opportunity #salvation #spiritual

When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of the village. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#community #community-development #culture #quotes #social-justice

I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music. ↗

— Don Piper

#unity #worship #death

I'm not cruisin' this opportunity in time and space for you to like or dislike my 'get-down'; I'm here 'cause I'm down to get it right by the time I return to the 'mothaship'. I remain a work in progress. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#dislike #journey #like #mothership #opportunity

What made America great was her ability to transform her own dream into hope for all mankind. America did not tell the millions of men and women who came from every country in the world and who -- with their hands, their intelligence and their heart -- built the greatest nation in the world: ‘Come, and everything will be given to you.’ She said: ‘Come, and the only limits to what you'll be able to achieve will be your own courage and your own talent. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#america #democracy #freedom #opportunity #usa

Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see. ↗

— Henry Adams

#perception #senses #sight #unity #vision