Tribe Quotes

“You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one people working toward a common purpose.”
― idowu koyenikan, Wealth for all Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams

“A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.”
― Seth Godin, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

“After experiencing a past life as a Native American, I remembered what the Indians believed.”
― John-Paul Cernak, The Odyssey of a Hippie Marijuana Grower

“Tell your story.
Shout it. Write it.
Whisper it if you have to.
But tell it.
Some won't understand it.
Some will outright reject it.
But many will
thank you for it.
And then the most
magical thing will happen.
One by one, voices will start
whispering, 'Me, too.'
And your tribe will gather.
And you will never
feel alone again.”
― L.R. Knost

“... the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. [pp. 65-66]”
― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“One secret of life is that the reason life works at all is that not everyone in your tribe is nuts on the same day. Another secret is that laughter is carbonated holiness”
― Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“All my life I've always come back to one thing,
my need to feel free and the need to feel the breeze,
the ride provides a freedom this gypsy needs,
where every road is another blessed memory,
a new experience to carry inside my journey,
a sense of belonging to a familiar tribe,
a brotherhood that goes beyond a bloodline.”
― Jess "Chief" Brynjulson, Highway Writings

“Some people will hear you louder in silence. Those are your tribe - they'll get you through the tough days and give you something to laugh about on the ride.”
― Nikki Rowe

“Go to the community and the locations that have set a sparkle in your psyche. That's how you find your Tribe”
― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe

“My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts.”
― Tahir Shah, House of the Tiger King : The Quest for a Lost City

“The church… stands as a political alternative to every nation, witnessing to the kind of social life possible for those that have been formed by the story of Christ.”
― Stanley Hauerwas, A Community Of Character: Toward a Constructive Christian Social Ethic

“Religion facilitates terrorists' goals by providing moral legitimacy to their cause, as well.”
― Candace Alcorta, Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion and Violence

“…we are our most prosocial concerning in-group morality when our rapid, implicit emotions and intuitions dominate, but are most prosocial concerning out-group morality when cognition holds sway.”
― Robert M. Sapolsky, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

“Throughout human evolution, successful religious systems have provided a mechanism for resolving collective action problems by engendering social cooperation, reducing in-group reactive aggression, and optimizing out-group proactive aggression.”
― Candace Alcorta, Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion and Violence

“All contemporary world religions impose a moral framework upon their adherents, thereby enabling terrorists to present their conflicts in morally absolute dichotomies, such as good versus bad or righteous versus evil. While legitimizing one's own cause, religions are particularly effective at demonizing those with opposing views. The history of religion is replete with examples in which in-group passions are aroused and out-group hatreds are dangerously ingnited.”
― Candace Alcorta, Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion and Violence

“The use of religion to transform local power struggles into cosmic conflicts benefits terrorist groups who may otherwise be viewed as economically and politically self-serving.”
― Candace Alcorta, Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion and Violence

“Just as violence constitutes a very effective proximate mechanism of religion; religion serves as an excellent proximate mechanism for violence, as well.”
― Candace Alcorta, Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion and Violence

“The ability of ritual to evoke both positive and negative affect is, of course, not specific to religion. Secular dances, concerts, and -raves- induce feelings of happiness and joy, and military boot camp elicits pain, shock, and awe. Such secular experiences have strong emotional impacts on participants also, particularly during adolescence.”
― Candace Alcorta, Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion and Violence

“Once you meet your tribe, you will begin questioning why you ever put up with anything less than the nourishing and supportive energy that they provide.”
― Robin S. Baker

“In my book, it’s far better to have 100 connections who are highly attracted to you than to have 10,000 connections who simply like you. Those hundred followers will spread the word with uncommon zeal plus these true believers will be intensely loyal to you and what you believe in.”
― Binod Shankar, Let's Get Real: 42 Tips for the Stuck Manager

“You are here
sitting in front of me
but so are all your lovers
your friends
and family too
every person you’ve been in life with
is at our table drinking wine
and I wonder
have we ever been alone? Truly
alone? and how can this be
when I, too, don my tribe
like pearls when I wear
my people like perfume”
― Kamand Kojouri

“I seek interconnectedness with all of life, and my truth resonates well with the right people”
― Leo Lourdes

“Love on your Tribe; whether that is one person or ten.”
― Robin S. Baker

“I thought about how much other Natives disregarded me when they weren't from my tribe, as if I weren't Native at all.”
― Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

“Narrative, in short. is more than literature, it is the way we understand our lives. If literature merely supplied entertainment, then it wouldn't be as important as it is. Great literature speaks to the deepest level of our humanity; it helps us better understand who we are. Narrative is not only the way we understand our personal and collective identities, it is the source of our ethics, our politics, and our religion. It is, as William James and Jerome Bruner assert, one of our two basic ways of thinking. Narrative isn't irrational -it can be criticized by rational argument- but it can't be derived from reason alone. Mythic (narrative) culture is not a subset of theoretic culture, nor will it ever be. It is older than theoretic culture and remains to this day an indispensable way of relating to the world.”
― Robert N. Bellah, Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age

“When you decide to go
in the opposite direction
of everyone
dedicated to misunderstanding You,
and not look back,
you start running into everyone
who's waiting
to accept You and the earth shifts
right under feet, like that annoying song

And now, things that annoyed you,
and people that took you for granted
no longer threaten your peace
Only it can be slightly brutal; the cloud
that stays- the epiphany that giggles
while running down the hall,

You always held the power.”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Confessions of a D3AD Petal

“Your true purpose lies at the intersection of who you were created to be and your desire to share it with others.”
― Leah J.M. Dean, Assemble the Tribe: Believe in Your Value. Find Belonging. Be Different.

“Our life experiences are more enjoyable when people decide to sing deep roots into our lives and stay for the long haul.”
― Leah J.M. Dean, Assemble the Tribe: Believe in Your Value. Find Belonging. Be Different.

“The tribe was of one mind when it came to fundamental beliefs, values, and virtues. If you shared the warmth of the fire, you were a welcomed member of the tribe and deserving of ethical treatment and hospitality. Those that lurked in the darkness be damned. This was the order by which we were raised.
Today, we’ve relinquished our reliance on the tribe and its social structure in exchange for the state and its structure. While this expanded our potential, it also weakened the ability to hold onto our traditions and values. The vast bureaucracy of democratic government invites too many into a position of authority; too many with too many beliefs, or lack thereof. It distempers the culture and renders our values malleable. It distorts the division of “us” and “them.”
― Tanner Cook, The Way of Free Men: A Manual for Resisting Tyranny

“If a man erects any barriers at all to those he would consider his companions, he is condemned as a bigot. Modernity doesn’t want a small tribal fire contained in the center of like-minded peoples. It would rather set the forest on fire in order to “enlighten” the world.”
― Tanner Cook, The Way of Free Men: A Manual for Resisting Tyranny