Hugh Mackay Quotes

I know enough to know that no man is an island.

We all need each other.

Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.

All we have is us. Our only hope of survival is each other.

No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

It's very important for us all to understand that we are interconnected and we need to hold hands together, especially when the going gets tough.

We are all one, so let's help each other out.

We often surround ourselves with the people we most want to live with, thus forming a club or clique, not a community. Anyone can form a club; it takes grace, shared vision, and hard work to form a community.

Life is a big collaboration. And we can't navigate it alone.

We can only be human together.

Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?

We live in community, and we're created in community. We're created out of the unity of two people, and then we're made into a family. It's just inherent in who we are.

You are in a partnership with all other human beings, not a contest to be judged better than some and worse than others.

Life is better when you share it.

But he knows that no man is an island.

There is a word in South Africa - Ubuntu - that describes his greatest gift: his recognition that we are all bound together in ways that can be invisible to the eye; that there is a oneness to humanity; that we achieve ourselves by sharing ourselves with others, and caring for those around us.

Community is a sign that love is possible in a materialistic world where people so often either ignore or fight each other. It is a sign that we don't need a lot of money to be happy--in fact, the opposite.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

What's the point of a spark of light if it stands alone? The key is, and will always be, synergy. Without it, each and every light being will forever feel broken, misplaced, and internally crippled.

If we were good at everything we would have no need for each other.

We are all interconnected in a web of kindness from which it is impossible to separate ourself.

The idea of service leads to community.