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The Bantu philosophy of "ubuntu" focuses on the power of community
Strong communities teach members how to succeed in ways they cannot achieve on their own. The education comes from a body of knowledge and wisdom that members cannot access or manage on their own. So, in a strong community, members must know how to access the knowledge held by others.
Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
But I think my favorite part of learning in community is that you have the opportunity to be generous. You get to help other people in their journey instead of fixating only on your own.
Tiago Forte • Not Found
The apparent happiness of Africans, against all horror, seems to derive from a sense of connectedness, or as the Zulu put it, "ubunto." This word is often translated to mean community, but one of them gave me what I think is a more accurate definition: "I am because we are; we are because I am."
John Perry Barlow • Evernote Viewer
can human beings come to understand their own well-being as linked to that of others, in wider and wider circles, beyond family and tribe?