John Shelby Spong Quotes

The shape and solutions of the future rely totally on the collective effort of people working together. We are all an integral part of the web of life.

All People and things are interdependent. The world has become so small that no nation can solve its problems alone, in isolation from others. That is why I believe we must all cultivate a sense of responsibility based on love and compassion for each other.

We need to create a world that is equitable, that is stable and a world where we bear in mind the needs of others, and not only what we need immediately. We are all in the same boat.

Our world is increasingly interdependent, but I wonder if we truly understand that our interdependent human community has to be compassionate; compassionate in our choice of goals, compassionate in our means of cooperation and our pursuit of these goals.

Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.

Our children were trained to look after each other.

I think Americans generally are not used to working very hard, in terms of working for the collective. I think in our country we have taken individualism to its farthest reaches, possibly.

I believe the world is one big family, and we need to help each other.

Men exist for the sake of one another.

I kind of feel like we're all humans; we all live on this planet. I kind of always wish there was more of a partnership - a really healthy relationship between people, working together to do things and make it good and change.

My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.

No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation.

We have to move from our devotion to independence, through an understanding of interdependence

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

Since men are social by nature they are meant to live with others and to work for one another's welfare

We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang separately.

The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.

I've learned that all of us should be constantly mindful of what's going on around us. Sometimes I think we get pretty single-minded in our pursuits and forget that we really do need each other. We need to actively engage in giving and helping each other every day.

My hope is that the corona crisis will help bring us into a new age of cooperation and solidarity and a realization that we're in this together.

I pay my tax in the belief that you pay yours. I pay for your doctor's visit, in the belief that you pay for mine. In Denmark we don't have gold mines, but we have something more important. We have trust in one another.

We cannot just rely on the public sector or the private sector. We all need to work together.

That whole concept of team and teamwork and team first - that's how Israel, in my opinion, has survived in the Middle East.

We must feed, shelter, and nurture one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must avail ourselves of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic modification.

What's the point of blowing up if you can't give back to the people who helped you blow up?

We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.