Then [Jesus] said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. Luke 9:23-24
“The fullness of life, which is found only in community, comes at the cost of complete sacrifice.”
Basil Pennington in the introduction to Why We Live in Community by Eberhard Arnold (Robertsbridge, UK: Plough, 1995) x.