William P. Young Quotes

As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others.

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

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.

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

We need to create areas to come together, where we can be there for each other.

We must absolutely take care of one another.

Unlike many other illnesses, what I find profoundly empowering about addressing loneliness is that the ultimate solution to loneliness lies in each of us. We can be the medicine that each other needs. We can be the solution other people crave. We are all doctors and we are all healers.

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

Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.

We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.

Are we truly being our sisters' keepers? Initially, that dog-eat-dog mentality within us may bark and say that we aren't responsible for other people, but if that was truly the case, then why are we even here? We have so much to offer and give to this world.

Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.

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.

The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.

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

For example, when my mother died, the people who showed up just to put an apron on to cook, people who really do the right thing, so to speak, as my momma would always say to show that they care, a sense of community that we've lost so much in our country.

No one shows love. There's no unity between the artists and the streets. There's none of that in D.C. You're never gonna get love in D.C. If you get love in D.C., then you're a special person.

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.

What are we here for, save to help each other, to love each other, to uplift each other?

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

Your community is your survival.

I would like that no citizen of the state feels alone and helpless. The entire nation is with them.

I think this life is hard without assistance from others.

I believe in the power of one and that we are all bound by the thread of oneness and humanity.

That's my message: I'm not alone, and neither is anyone else.