Quotes About Dependence

Society in general, simply by its effect on men's minds, undoubtedly has all that is required to arouse the sensation of the divine. A society is to its members what a god is to its faithful. A god is first of all a being that man conceives of as superior to himself in some respects and one on whom he believes he depends.

La folla è un gregge che non può fare a meno di un padrone».

You would have been happy with a wife who adored you, not someone who clung on to you like a life raft on a stormy sea and then wished she could cast you aside and move on when she reached land.

The Iliad thus begins to suggest that no community can succeed by honoring exceptional individuals whose indulgence in rage and ruthless pursuit of honor causes them to neglect or imperil those who depend upon them.

The purse strings tie us to our kind.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

If you're always angry, always yelling at people, ultimately that just means you depend on them.

All the possibilities for growth seemed to be closed off for us. Like plants in a greenhouse, we depended on each other, but neither of us enjoyed the feelings of release or openness that one would wish from such a relationship. We just sat together in the dark, licking each other's wounds and clinging together for warmth, like an old couple.

If you're always angry, always yelling at people, ultimately that just means you depend on them." I

It sounded like I was coming on to him, feigning helplessness and acting like a child.

Se sei sempre arrabbiata con gli altri, se non fai che dargli addosso, vuol dire che dipendi da loro.

There is a saying that we provide the machines with an end, and they provide us with the means.

Our lives are inextricably bound up with the lives of other people. So much depends on things we can never control.

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

But belonging to someone and giving yourself to them were two very different things. One formed out of need, a tidy arrangement mutually beneficial to both parties, while the other involved laying yourself bare—something she'd never been very good at.

Where was the Cloud when she needed it? Oh, it was there. Only she hadn't bothered to sign on for backup.

Every single time I confess my self-reliance and submit my life to God's will in a particular area, I am worshiping God--as surely as any sincere Israelite offering a lamb in obedience to God's plan.

I wanted to take his leash off and let him run free, but I was scared to. What if he decided he'd had enough of me and ran off to be a stray again?

They resented the patronage they depended upon.

You don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

I am strong to-day, because I have been long with one who is stronger.

there is no thought in the Bible that poor people would become permanent recipients of gifts of money, year after year, or would become dependent on such gifts. The only exceptions were people who were completely unable to work due to permanent disabilities,

If I was a flower growing wild and free All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee. And if I was a tree growing tall and greeen All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves

Kevin: 'Hey, Dad. How do you stop people from being stupid?' Dad: 'You don't.' Kevin: 'Really?' Dad: 'I've tried to explain to people when they're being stupid, but then I realized something: Most people like being stupid.' Kevin: 'I don't get it.' Dad: 'Some people just prefer it. It makes their lives easier if they let other people think for them.' Kevin: 'But that doesn't make sense. That's just stu...Oh...