Quotes About Interconnectedness

The mind cannot live in nature, only against nature, only as its counterpart.

Self-awareness happens when we become aware of other people, things and places around us and how we are all connected.

Always think about the needs of others because being a part of a group isan essential characteristic of human nature.

People are like a pack of dogs sometimes. All right one by one, but together... together they do awful things they don't mean to do.

There are mystical, unbreakable bonds between all members of the natural world including humans and animals. Whether or not we remember or acknowledge this relatedness, it still exists.

We never stopped being each other.

Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.

Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.

Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.

Peace, non-violence, human rights and the environment - if only everybody saw these as the seamless whole that they are

We aren't going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.

it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings.

The social progress, order, security and peace of each country are necessarily connected with the social progress, order, security and peace of all other countries.

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. There is nothing to do but be.

It is well to look around at whom, and not just what, surrounds us. Population structure will change everything. Our health, wealth, and peace depend on it.

By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.

Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.

Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another's state of mind.

We're all only fragile threads but what a tapestry we make.

You can not hope to arrive at harmony in your life while stirring up disturbances in anothers...

To maintain any degree of sanity, we must believe that everything is interconnected on some level and to experience that level fully once in a while.

The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies.