Quotes About Connection

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need the company of the like-minded, the fellow afflicted.

It is possible to be homesick for a place even when you are there.

It was important for him to believe that he'd spent his life among people who kept missing the point.

The power of the dead is that we think they see us all the time. The dead have a presence. Is there a level of energy composed solely of the dead? They are also in the ground, of course, asleep and crumbling. Perhaps we are what they dream.

Quality time is not the same as the everydayness of being together. Let's neither glorify nor undervalue.

Porque cualquiera que hiciere la voluntad de mi padre, que está en los cielos, ese es mi hermano, y mi hermana, y mi madre. 13

44 Jesús pues alzó la voz, y dijo: Quien cree en mí, no cree solamente en mí, sino en aquel que me ha enviado. 45 Y el que a mí me ve, ve al que me envió.

four key principles: (1) taking the initiative to reach out to others; (2) showing genuine interest in people; (3) treating others with respect and kindness; and (4) valuing others and yourself as unique individuals who have much to share and offer one another.

The "right place" could be a social event, your place of worship, a political gathering, or even an adult education class. When you meet someone in a place where you both enjoy the activities, you already have something in common and can begin developing a friendship.

Disclose your hopes, dreams, loves, joys, and sorrows so people will be able to identify with you. We all share these basic emotional experiences.

Let us hope that we are all preceded in this world by a love story.

There are only four questions of value in life. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same: only love.

Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

Despite your best efforts and intentions, there's a limited reservoir to fellowship before you begin to rely solely on the vapors of nostalgia.

Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, "Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed?

What you will see is love coming out of the trees, love coming out of the sky, love coming out of the light. You will perceive love from everything around you. This is the state of bliss.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that your soul is an island, Ash. It's as much a part of the continent as your body is. It is immune to being bought and sold because the original owner will not release the title.

However you look at it, trust is probably the single most important ingredient in any personal interaction or relationship.

I didn't just hear music. It seemed as if I were part of the music.

Pray that you are in the right place, at the right time, to meet the right person, that together you may help one another.

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?" THOMAS MERTON

the longest way round is the shortest way home." Our truest fulfillment does not lie in the direction of a jealously guarded self but in the direction of self-transcendence as we learn to open to others and to reality.

In the Sawi universe, not only man, but all things are communicating.

The reason people sweat is so they won't catch fire when making love.