Richard Rohr Quotes

We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community.

We are not, and never need be, alone.

Happily, though we must each walk through life on our own, we don't have to do it alone.

I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work.

We were not placed on this earth to walk alone.

Life is better when you share it.

I don't want to be alone my whole life. It is much more fun to share what you have than to have it to yourself. And it isn't like I don't have love in my life. I have a lot of friends who love me and who I love.

Humans are social beings, and we are happier, and better, when connected to others.

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.

I don't want to be alone; the thing I love about acting is the other people you're doing it with.

At the end of the day, humans are social animals and we are at our best when we get to do things with others who appreciate and enjoy what we enjoy. It's what keeps us human.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

Anything that makes you feel the most alone also has the greatest power to connect you.

You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.

You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We're designed to do this in community because we were created inside community for community by community.

One of the most important parts of my life has been community.

I saw what was wonderful about human companionship. Before that, I was quite content to be alone, to be a solitary wandering person, and I thought I always would be. Love changed that.

You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there.

We are here to help one another along life's journey.

God doesn't intend for you to handle all the pain and stress in your life by yourself. We were wired for each other. We need each other.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

You don't live in a world all alone. Your brothers are here too.

Nature loves nothing solitary, and always reaches out to something, as a support, which ever in the sincerest friend is most delightful.

The down side these days is thinking that, “I can do this all on my own”. Yes, you can do this on your own but you’ll be a much happier human being if you do it with other human beings.