Quotes About Connection

Even when we are screaming and throwing things, we are friends. Who is the man and who is the woman? Sometimes neither of us knows. The marriage is androgynous -- like the closest friendships. It will keep.

But at the bottom of all the gloom, there is a sense that we are responsible for each other -- if not for each other's happiness. There is empathy, admiration, respect for the other's intelligence and honesty.

You are the reason I wake up with a smile on my face, and the reason I go to sleep with a sense of belonging in this world

A po co mia?bym pisa? do Pana Boga? - Mo?e poczu?by? si? mniej samotny? - Mniej samotny z kim?, kto nie istnieje? - Spraw, ?eby istnia?. Pochyli?a si? w moj? stron?. - Za ka?dym razem, kiedy w niego uwierzysz, b?dzie troch? bardziej istnia?. Je?li si? uprzesz, zacznie istnie? na dobre. I wtedy ci pomo?e.

Prietenia deseneaz? calea dreapt? a iubirii.

A ne petrece viaÈ›a regretând un sentiment pierdut nu ne dezvolt? capacitatea de a iubi, ci ne închide în faÈ›a unor noi emoÈ›ii, cultivându-ne am?r?ciunea. ÎnmugureÈ™te, oare, prietenia?

Il ne s'agissait ni d'un coup de foudre amoureux, ni d'un coup de foudre amical, mais d'un coup de foudre ... comment dire ... humain.

PoÅ'o?yÅ' mi rÄ™kÄ™ na ramieniu, utkwiÅ' we mnie swe jasne tÄ™czówki i, cho? dzisiaj nie potrafiÄ™ stwierdzi?, czy to powiedziaÅ', czy zrozumiaÅ'em go bez sÅ'ów, daÅ' mi swojÄ… ostatniÄ… radÄ™ Saharyjczyka: - Nie zapomnij tego, co niezapomniane.

C'est étrange, l'amitié. Alors qu'en amour, on parle d'amour, entre vrais amis on ne parle pas d'amitié. L'amitié, on la fait sans la nommer ni la commenter.

To wyobra?nia wyró?nia, wyobra?nia przeÅ'amuje pospolito??, powtarzalno??, jednolito??. W przeznaczeniu zabawek dostrzegÅ'em przeznaczenie ludzi: tylko wyobra?nia, tworzÄ…c fikcjÄ™ i wymarzone wiÄ™zi, rodzi coÅ› oryginalnego. Bez niej bylibyÅ›myy podobni, zbyt podobni, zbli?eni do siebie, rozpÅ'aszczeni jeden na drugich w koszach rzeczywistoÅ›ci.

J'admets la part de l'autre dans la constitution de mon destin.

Si c'est un homme, c'est mon prochain, pas mon lointain.

Parfois, j'en viens à souhaiter qu'arrive très vite le jour où ma mère sera redevenue un nouveau-né pour que je la serre dans mes bras. Je lui dirais enfin combien je l'aime. Un baiser d'adieu pour moi. Pour elle un baiser de bienvenue...

Lorsqu'on veut apprendre quelque chose, on ne prend pas un livre. On parle avec quelqu'un. Je ne crois pas aux livres.

Toutes les branches du fleuve se jettent dans la même mer. La mer unique.

In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.

Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a "standing in," not a "falling for." In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving, not receiving.

We may know ourselves, and yet even with all the efforts we make, we do not know ourselves. We know our fellowman, and yet we do not know him, because we are not a thing, and our fellowman is not a thing. The further we reach into the depths of our being, on someone else's being, the more the goal of knowledge eludes us.

Wenn ich zu einem anderen sagen kann: Ich liebe dich, muss ich auch sagen können: Ich liebe in dir auch alle anderen, ich liebe durch dich die ganze Welt, ich liebe in dir auch mich selbst.

Human beings had two basic orientations: HAVING and BEING HAVING: seeks to acquire, posses things even people BEING: focuses on the experience; exchanging, engaging, sharing with other people

Love is a power which produces love.

Love is an act of faith.

To be fully awake is the condition for not being bored, or being boring—and indeed, not to be bored or boring is one of the main conditions for loving. To be active in thought, feeling, with one's eyes and ears, throughout the day, to avoid inner laziness, be it in the form of being receptive, hoarding, or plain wasting one's time, is an indispensable condition for the practice of the art of loving.

If I perceive in another person mainly the surface, I perceive mainly the differences,that which separates us. If I penetrate to the core, i perceive our identity, the fact of our brotherhood. This relatedness from center to center - instead of that from periphery to periphery - is 'central relatedness'.