Quotes About Dependence

Discovering himself to be an oppressor may cause considerable anguish, but it does not necessarily lead to solidarity with the oppressed. Rationalizing his guilt through paternalistic treatment of the oppressed, all the while holding them fast in a position of dependence, will not do. Solidarity requires that one enter into the situation of those with whom one is solidary; it is a radical posture.

Whoa! Hey, what are you doing? I'm attaching myself to you. Because I'm a kid. Spoil me.

Confía en Dios como si todo el éxito de las cosas dependiera de ti y nada de Dios; trabaja sin embargo en ellas como si Dios lo fuera a hacer todo y tú nada»[3].

With insecure attachments, "a child unwittingly memorizes the precise lesson of that troubled relationship: that love is suffocation, that anger is terrifying, that dependence is humiliating, or one of a million crippling variations.

A God made by man undoubtedly has need of man to make himself known to man.

Everyone prays,' he pointed out. 'Even non-Christians pray. The difference when Christians do it is that they are climbing into the lap of their heavenly Father.

The day we start taking credit for the fact that he answers prayer we are in deep, deep trouble.

ourselves to the will of God, not just when it makes

The Tao of relational recovery involves balancing healthy independence with healthy dependence on others.

The people you've always relied on, the ones you always believed would be there no matter what, may suddenly seem unavailable.

Lord, help me let go of control. Help me die. Help me trust.

I need a place to let go and fall back from my familiar patterns and trust God to catch me.

Without its captain, the blackhawk would have to obey an Edenist.

A human being cannot survive alone and be entirely human.

So it is not fundamentally possible to be alone. Fundamentally, man has to be with other people. If man becomes totally, totally alone, then he is lost.

Deep within every blind, absolute love grows a hatred toward the beloved, who now holds the only existing key to happiness. I was, as I said, only three years old, but I remember how he left. He

Since we met, ever since that first time when we each sat on a toilet, up against the radiator, ever since then I have never been completely alone, even after you left me. Before that there had never really been anything in my life. But once someone has stood under the cold shower just so that you can stay under the warm one, then you can never really be totally alone again.

And if there's one thing I've always been sure of, it's that Batman will need a Robin, and Robin will need a Batman.

that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ëI have made Abram rich.í

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my masterís servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?