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Quotes About Interconnection

There are none so distant that fate cannot bring them together.
~ Anthony Doerr
we cannot think of any object apart from the possibility of its connexion with other things.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
These people who link us up with the world, who bridge Omaha and Sharon, who introduce us to our social circles—these people on whom we rely more heavily than we realize—are Connectors, people with a special gift for bringing the world together.
~ Malcolm Gladwell
der Mensch ist dem Menschen das Interessanteste und sollte ihn vielleicht ganz allein interessieren. Alles andere, was uns umgibt, ist entweder nur Element, in dem wir leben, oder Werkzeug, dessen wir uns bedienen. Je mehr wir uns dabei aufhalten, je mehr wir daraf merken und teil daran nehmen, desto schwaecher wird das Gefuehl unsers eignen Wertes und das Gefuehl der Gesellschaft.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Spacetime grips mass, telling it how to move... Mass grips spacetime, telling it how to curve
~ John Archibald Wheeler
Here is the fringey edge where elements meet and realms mingle, where time and eternity spatter each other with foam.
~ Annie Dillard
If we are nothing, there is nothing at all to serve as a barrier to our boundless expression of love. Being nothing in this way, we are also, inevitably, everything. 'Everything' does not mean self-aggrandizement, but a decisive recognition of interconnection; we are not separate. Both the clear, open space of 'nothing' and the interconnected mess of 'everything' awakens us to our true nature.
~ Sharon Salzberg
For our purposes an inversion occurs when seemingly unrelated, even disparate starting points converge and reinforce each other.
~ Sheldon S. Wolin
Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys.
~ Emma Bull
Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern.
~ Shereen El Feki
As time goes on, it becomes increasingly evident that the rules which the mathematician finds interesting are the same as those which Nature has chosen.
~ Paul Dirac
The essences of all religions speak of peace, compassion, justice and the interconnection of all life.
~ Jo Ann Emerson
Interfering in the worldly life is impure action (ashuddha vyavahar).
~ Dada Bhagwan
Matter tells Spacetime how to curve, and Spacetime tells matter how to move.
~ John Wheeler
Matter tells space-time how to curve. Space-time tells matter how to move.
~ John Wheeler
Man is the minister of Nature, and society engrafts itself upon her.
~ balzac honore de xiii
Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over the other.
~ Kevin Kelly
The terrible toll the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the entire world is a reminder of the interconnection and interdependence of all of our human rights.
~ Ned Lamont
The three core principles of Goddess religion are immanence, interconnection, and community.
~ Starhawk
Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys.
~ Emma Bull
The qubit acts as a bridge between the microscopic and the macroscopic worlds.
~ Aaron D. O'Connell
The digital and physical worlds are starting to come together more seamlessly - it's only the tip of the iceberg in terms of what's coming.
~ Mark Parker
Providing, meaning to a mass of unrelated needs, ideas, words and pictures - it is the designer's job to select and fit this material together and make it interesting.
~ Paul Rand
Right now, offline and online are coming together because of smartphones.
~ Susan Wojcicki