Quotes About Connection

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here (pointing to himself) and you are out there.

Perhaps we have more in common by virtue of our common humanity than we have differences by virtue of our religions.

Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.

I care about the human race, and I strive to understand it.

Laughter is a virus that infects you with humanity.

Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy.

I want people to see some of their own humanity no matter who they are.

If you let go of fart jokes, you've let go of a piece of humanity.

Here's what I would want for humanity, because this is what I have come to see is true: it's so simple when we listen to people.

She felt so human that he could barely carry on a conversation.

My passion is to tell stories that reflect humanity.

Secrets can take many forms. They can be shocking or silly or soulful. They can connect us with our deepest humanity, or with people we'll never meet again.

I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it.

The moment the organic unity of belief and behaviour is damaged in any way, we are incapable of living out the full humanity for which we were created.

I believe in the absolute oneness of God and therefore of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. . . . I know God is neither in heaven nor down below, but in everyone.

When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.

The appreciation of pleasure can be the anchor of humanity.

At the end of the day, you have to find the humanity in you in each character.

If you stare at someone long enough, you start to see their humanity.

... humility + humor = humanity.

Mama, humanity is my business.

When I touch a human hand, I touch heaven.

I think, in this strange world of beautiful things, there may be some humanity after all.

A guy can do far far worse than surrounding himself with people who restore his faith in humanity.