Quotes About Connection

When other people were talking, she stared directly at them with very narrow understanding eyes that listened to them as if they were the only sound left in the world, as if everything else that made sound had disappeared entirely from the human ear and their voice was all there was left.

He looked very carefully at her fingers as if he had never seen fingers before. He was enchanted by them and thought that they were beautiful. He never wanted to let go. He wanted to hold her hand forever.

It seemed like years before I picked a bouquet of kisses off her mouth and put them into a dawn-colored vase in my heart. But the wait was worth it. Because I was in love.

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

Being heard and understood is "one of the greatest desires of the human heart.

Children listen best with their eyes. What you do is what they hear.

Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children, and friends.

It is in our lowest moods, when we are least equipped to do so, that we are tempted to try to solve problems or resolve issues with others.

You'll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be "right," they will become less defensive and more loving toward you.

Often a single act of kindness sets a series of kind acts in motion.

Be the First One to Act Loving or Reach Out

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart.

Being listened to and heard is one of the greatest desires of the human heart. And those who learn to listen are the most loved and respected.

Wildlife is and should be useless in the same way art, music, poetry and even sports are useless. They are useless in the sense that they do nothing more than raise our spirits, make us laugh or cry, frighten, disturb and delight us. They connect us not just to what's weird, different, other, but to a world where we humans do not matter nearly as much as we like to think. And that should be enough.

Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you. Some people find that thought disturbing; I find the reality thrilling.

Your family tree includes not just obvious cousins like chimpanzees and monkeys but also mice, buffaloes, iguanas, wallabies, snails, dandelions, golden eagles, mushrooms, whales, wombats and bacteria. All are our cousins. Every last one of them. Isn't that a far more wonderful thought than any myth?

It is the plain truth that we are cousins of chimpanzees, somewhat more distant cousins of monkeys, more distant cousins still of aardvarks and manatees, yet more distant cousins of bananas and turnips

A quasi-mystical response to nature and the universe is common among scientists and rationalists. It has no connection with supernatural belief.

Aceptamos alegremente que podemos amar a más de un niño, padre, hermano, profesor, amigo o mascota. Cuando pensamos en esto de esta forma, ¿no es positivamete extraña la total exclusividad que esperamos del amor conyugal?.

Of 43 studies carried out since 1927 on the relationship between religious belief and one's intelligence and/or educational level, all but four found an inverse connection. That is, the higher one's intelligence or education level, the less one is likely to be religious or hold "beliefs" of any kind.

Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men – above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends. ALBERT EINSTEIN

Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.

Authors do not choose a story to write, the story chooses us.

I love you, Lance. He rattles the frame of the window and reaches out at me. I guess that's his way of saying I love you too..