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Teachers of morals who do not see the difference between the problem of charity within the limits of an accepted social system and the problem of justice between economic groups, holding uneven power within modern industrial society, have simply not faced the most obvious differences between the morals of groups and those of individuals.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
You are likely to see no general reformation till you procure family reformation. Some little obscure religion there may be in here and there one; but while it sticks in single persons, and is not promoted by these societies, it doth not prosper, nor promise much for future increase.
— Richard Baxter
It is impossible to make individuals feel sacred inside of a profane, empty, or accidental universe.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.
— William Hazlitt
Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.
— Desmond Tutu
The hallucinations of alcoholics provide us with an opportunity to study crowds as they appear in the minds of individuals.
— Elias Canetti
The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.
— Al Gore
She has thrown herself away upon that boor from sheer ignorance that better individuals existed!
— Emily Bronte
I solemnly declare that this spiritual kingdom of faith will move forward with or without each of us individually. No unhallowed hand can stay the growth of the Church nor prevent fulfillment of its mission. Any of us can be left behind, drawn away by the seductive voices of secularism and materialism.
— James Faust
You, my friend, are society. So welcome to the club of community, and even though some may try to drown out other styles of discourse with shouts about personal rights, the community may have a thing or two to say, and it may say it a lot louder. After all, community can only progress when its individuals exercise higher moral choices, and community is sacrificed when individuals choose with only themselves in mind.
— Joni Eareckson Tada
I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.
— Eugene Peterson