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“People need people. Everyone needs a community. Isn’t that what is behind the exploding success of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter? People seeking people. We have a longing to be needed and to belong to something bigger than ourselves. It’s just the way God wired us. The sayings “No one is strong enough to bear his burdens alone” and “Compassion puts love into action”
― Suzanne Woods Fisher, Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life

“Non-Amish Christians typically (maybe not accurately, but typically) believe that their faith will deliver them from adversity. The Amish believe they will be delivered in adversity. When bad things happen, they don’t question if God exists or why he would allow such a thing. “That does not mean that they do not grieve a death, for example, but their grief always seems lighter to me,” says Dr. Wittmer. “Maybe because it is shared by the entire community. An individual really has no control over adversity or much of anything else, for that matter.”
― Suzanne Woods Fisher, Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life

“He who talks to you about others will talk to others about you.”
― Suzanne Woods Fisher, Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life

“They remind us that Christians should look at life from a different perspective because we are part of a different kingdom—one that stretches into infinity.”
― Suzanne Woods Fisher, Amish Proverbs: Words of Wisdom from the Simple Life