Quotes About Interdependence

And whenever he's busy trying to be all he can be, he forgets about trying to be all we can be.

We all said good-bye to our partial and piecemeal lives. We each used to independently call our own shots, but then we entered into a large and integrated life in which he has the final say in everything. . . . The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: every part dependent on every other part. . . . You are Christ's body—that's who you are! You must never forget this. (1 Corinthians 12 The Message)

We're all in this together.

Does a leaf, when it falls from the tree in winter, feel defeated by the cold? The tree says to the leaf: That's the cycle of life. You may think you're going to die, but you live on in me. It's thanks to you that I'm alive, because I can breathe. It's also thanks to you that I have felt loved, because I was able to give shade to the weary traveller. Your sap is in my sap; we are one thing.

Allowing someone else to make us happy will make them happy too.

Life attracts life.

Men. They thought they ruled the world but couldn't so much as take a step without, that very same night, seeking the opinions of their partners, lovers, girlfriends, mothers.

The Warrior knows that no man is an island. He cannot fight alone; whatever his plan, he depends on other people. He needs to discuss his strategy, to ask for help, and, in moments of relaxation, to have someone with whom he can sit by the fire, someone he can regale with tales of battle.

we are responsible for the Universe, because we are the Universe' (Brida)

The soil needs the seed, and the seed needs the soil. The one only has meaning with the other.

The pure force of life are in communication with each other, independently of us, and then we cannot hide who we are.

El amor no está en el otro, está dentro de nosotros mismos; nosotros lo despertamos. Pero para que despierte necesitamos del otro. El universo sólo tiene sentido cuando tenemos con quién compartir nuestras emociones.

there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity.

Well, and they must all starve if the plants starve. 'It was true that all their lives depended upon the earth' (Buck, 71).

Shielding ourselves from the vulnerability of all living beings—which includes our own vulnerability—cuts us off from the full experience of life. Our

Taking the . . . vow to help others implies that instead of holding our own individual territory and defending it tooth and nail, we become open to the world that we are living in. It means we are willing to take on greater responsibility, immense responsibility. In fact, it means taking a big chance. —CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE

The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.

I call the art of theatre a "dirty art", since there are so many people involved who have needs and whims to be satisfied.

In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other.

There's nothing about interdependence that would keep somebody from making art.

Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine.

Everything we do affects other people.

The best relationships are win-win. Why don't more people go into relationships with that attitude?

This is fusion, when two people become one. They are so close and so well suited to each other that they blend together. They merge and can't live without each other after that.