Quotes About Connection

La mer qui, avec sa clémence, demeure seule capable de nous faire voir clair dans nos propres sentiments. Sans lever les yeux sur ce qui se passe au dehors, j'écoute le chuchotement de plus en plus rapproché, haletant, de ses vagues. Entre ce passé et ma vie actuelle, j'avais la certitude que plus un lien ne subsistait, que tous les fils étaient rompus, et je n'éprouvais aucun désir de voir ressusciter ce qui avait sombré dans l'oubli.

Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp.

Ego is the most important aspect of our life in the sense if we use it against the spaces between our hearts.

Love is not something that becomes your weakness, love is something that becomes your strength. Let's not just fall in love, let's rise in love"

And so their memories took on potential, which is of course how our greatest nostalgias are born.

Every time a couple moves they begin, if their attention is still drawn to one another, to see each other differently, for personalities are not a single immutable color, like white or blue, but rather illuminated screens, and the shades we reflect depend much on what is around us.

While they wished to look out for each other, and to keep tabs on each other, staying in touch took a toll on them, serving as an unsettling reminder of a life not lived, and also they grew less worried each for the other, less worried that the other would need them to be happy, and eventually a month went by without any contact, and then a year, and then a lifetime.

No matter how bad things get everywhere else, a pet will continue to offer unconditional love and acceptance.

Ever heard of the rule of three? he shouts as we run. No! If you save somebody's life three times, their life belongs to you. You saved my life today, that makes once. Save it twice more an I'm all yers.

El poder nunca existe de manera aislada; siempre involucra a otros actores y se ejerce en relación con ellos.

Ya comprobó que las palabras de Manuelita Sáenz a Simón Bolívar no aplican a su propia vida: «Bien sabe usted que ninguna otra mujer que usted haya conocido podrá deleitarlo con el fervor y la pasión que me unen a su persona».

Power operates in relation to others.

yo soy ustedes. Yo soy el pueblo.

Know that the happiness we feel when we bring joy to others is the greatest happiness in the world.

Its as if you think you'd never find Reason and the Sacred intertwined

We'll let time knit these gentle ties between us.

Monsieur, c'est trop d'honneur que vous me voulez faire; Mais l'amitié demande un peu plus de mystère, Et c'est assurément en profaner le nom Que de vouloir le mettre à toute occasion. Avec lumière et choix cette union veut naître; Avant que nous lier, il faut nous mieux connaître, Et nous pourrions avoir telles complexions, Que tous deux du marché nous nous repentirions.

Je veux que l'on soit homme, et qu'en toute rencontre le fond de notre coeur dans nos discours se montre, que ce soit lui qui parle, et que nos sentiments ne se masquent jamais sous de vains compliments.

He said that woman is like the ivy-vine, Which, clinging to its oak, grows lush and tall, But, lacking that support, can't thrive at all.

It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.

The mind has great influence over the body, and maladies often have their origin there.