“We all construct worldviews that give us a sense of meaning. Mostly it is about belonging to a group and having a sense of identity and purpose.” GivingPurposeGroupsIdentityBelongingConstructsWorldviewBelonging To A Group Author:Carmen Lawrence
“One must not count in thousands, like the propagandist belonging to a small group that has not yet given leadership to the masses; in these circumstances one must count in millions and tens of millions.” GivenMillionsGroupsCircumstancesMassBelongingSmall GroupsPropagandist Book:Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder Source: Left-Wing Communism, an Infantile Disorder
“All the ills of mankind spring from belonging to a race, a nation, a city, a group of some kind. The ideal would be to belong to none, and to care for allbut who is capable of that?” KindWould BeCareNationsRaceCitiesGroupsMankindCapableSpringIdealsBelonging Author:Louis Dudek
“Something in me was always watching life from the outside, permanently obsessed with the notion of belonging vs. not-belonging [to a group]. It did not make for a happy childhood, but it was excellent training for a writer.” GroupsChildhoodTrainingNotionExcellentObsessedBelongingHappy ChildhoodNot BelongingBelonging To A Group Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“Fashion has a political role insofar as following it can give you the impression to belonging to a certain social group or a private club.” GivingPoliticalCertainSocialRolesGroupsFashionFollowingClubsImpressionBelongingSocial Groups Author:Carine Roitfeld
“When I was a young artist, I liked and was interested in belonging to the mainstream comics group. I didnt introduce myself as an author, but only as a designer.” YoungArtistGroupsDesignerBelongingMainstreamIntroducingYoung Artists Author:David Mazzucchelli
“Belonging to a group can provide the child with a variety of resources that an individual friendship often cannot--a sense of collective participation, experience with organizational roles, and group support in the enterprise of growing up. Groups also pose for the child some of the most acute problems of social life--of inclusion and exclusion, conformity and independence.” ChildrenProblemIndividualSocialRolesSupportGrowing UpGrowingGroupsResourcesIndependenceVarietyEnterpriseCollectivesBelongingConformityInclusionParticipationSocial LifeExclusionOrganizationalBelonging To A Group Author:Zick Rubin