Quotes About Interdependence

We consume the air and we are consumed by it; we enjoy and are enjoyed.

Anticapitalism can maintain itself in existence only by sponging on capitalism.

She belonged to me. She was all the things I wasn't. And I was all the things she wasn't. Her hand, it fit mine.

Just because you choose to leave a place did not mean that you could escape taking it with you. A man and a woman who lived together long enough might swap traits, until they found parts of themselves in each other. Jettison a personality and you just might find it taking up residence in the heart of the person you loved most.

Because we're two of a kind. You were made to take care of me, and I'm going to take care of you.

I had once left Coop because I wanted to see if I could be the best, if I could make my own way in the world. But living for months with the Fishers made me se the value of intrinsically knowing there was someone to help me up if I stumbled. -Ellie, Plain Truth

Friendship is a power supply system; it keeps marriages going when their lights go out.

No one's good at everything. And that's how it should be. It gives us a reason to ask for help.

Mrs Hogan and her son Henry, however, lived in the house next door – the former entirely mute, the latter completely blind – and yet between them they monitored our comings and goings with all the efficiency of a government intelligence agency. Like conjoined twins, the two were never seen apart, Henry's arm permanently attached to his mother's as she led him to and from Mass every morning and up and down the street for his evening constitutional.

The most important skills he has to learn are those of socialization: cooperation, interdependence, and a healthy sense of competition. The preparation of one's life work requires academic skills as well: reading, writing, and arithmetic. However, these skills should not have been more important than knowing, loving, and valuing oneself. In fact, a healthy sense of self-worth is essential for good learning.

Shame-based people also do not believe they have the right to depend on anyone.

The only way a child can develop a sense of self is through a relationship with another.

The only way a child can develop a sense of self is through a relationship with another. We are "we" before we are "I.

Members of dysfunctional families give up their ego boundaries as a way to maintain the family system. Giving up ego boundaries is equivalent to giving up your identity.

The happiest day of your life will be the day when you realize "we" really is the most important word in the English language.

Es imposible ayudar a otros sin ayudarse uno mismo.

Edwin Markham wrote, There is a destiny that makes us brothers: None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own.17

Everything we do, every accomplishment we have, every milestone we pass has come in part because of the efforts of others.

poet Edwin Markham wrote, There is a destiny that makes us brothers None goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own.

Anytime a relationship is unequal, it cannot last—whether you are giving more than you get or getting more than you deserve.

The only people I need in my life are the ones that need me in there's.

A good relationship is a give and take from both people...a bad relationship is one person giving and the other taking.

Remember we're all in this alone

When we truly realize that we are all alone is when we need others the most