Quotes About Interdependence

It was a placing of his destiny in another's hands, a shifting of the responsibilities of existence. This in itself was compensation, for it is always easier to lean upon another than to stand alone.

Tutto è legato al tutto, dalle miriadi di stelle nell'etere, fino alle miriadi di atomi, che compongono un granello di sabbia sulla spiaggia.

this in itself was compensation, for it is always easier to lean upon another than to stand alone

All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.

With profound shock he realized that of himself he was nothing... By his friends he had been taught to understand music and art and logic and sportsmanship and even the rudiments of honesty. He had been a formless thing until the affectionate interest of others had made him into a sentient being.

We can feed ourselves but ultimately life is better when we feed each other.

The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

To encounter oneself is to encounter the other: and this is love. If I know that my soul trembles, I know that yours does, too: and if I can respect this, both of us can live. Neither of us, truly, can live without the other: a statement which would not sound so banal if one were not so endlessly compelled to repeat it, and act on that belief.

In short, we, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation- if we really, that is, to achieve our identity, our maturity, as men and women. To create one nation has proved to be a hideously difficult task.

People always seem to band together in accordance to a principle that has nothing to do with love, a principle that releases them from personal responsibility.

People always seem to band together in accordance to a principle that has nothing to do with love, a principle that releases them from personal responsibility. (p. 81)

In short, we, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation—if we are really, that is, to achieve our identity, our maturity, as men and women.

We were a part of each other, flesh of each other's flesh-which meant that we so took each other for granted that we never thought of the flesh.

if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?

If there is beauty, there is ugliness. If there is good, there is bad. Being and nonbeing and difficult and easy and high and low and long and short and before and after and need, depend, create and define each other.

The U.K.'s relationship with the U.S. has proved strong enough over time to bear the weight of honest disagreement. It does not require unconditional support where our interests or judgements differ.

What we've underestimated is the systemic risk that that very finely tuned system of specialization exposes us to. And so I think we will start to ask whether there are ways that we could build some more robustness into our whole system.

I don't like it when a player says, 'I like freedom; I want to play for myself.' Because the player has to understand he is part of a team with 10 other players. If everyone wants to be a jazz musician, it will be chaos. They will not be a team, and nothing will be possible.

We are increasingly open to understanding how we are all connected and that if we sink the ship that we are all on, we all drown. However, we have simultaneously become so focused on our own life experiences that we think we are alone.

I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally.

My entire style of playing was built around somebody else playing guitar with me, a story that, on its own, sounds unfinished.

There is a depth to life which only comes from our connection to other people. However, we have to find it without becoming a prisoner.

You are judged many times more by what you do in groups than for what you do as individuals.

For few matters you need to be solo, for some matters you need soul mate and for many matters you need society,