Quotes About Connections

Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings.

For so many years I had used my connections to get special treatment. I expected people to overlook my tendency to bend the rules or cut corners or even kite checks. Standing in the hallway, temporarily banished from my prison room for illicit possession of office supplies, I felt good about telling the truth. It was a small thing. Nothing at risk but a few sheets of carbon paper. But it felt important.

These are the lessons young people who are locked up learn instead: to close off their emotions, shut down their intellect, quell their individuality, avoid forming connections, and view all interactions through the prism of Power.

Because of preferential attachment, most social networks are profoundly inegalitarian.

We discovered that if your friend's friend's friend gained weight, you gained weight. We discovered that if your friend's friend's friend stopped smoking, you stopped smoking. And we discovered that if your friend's friend's friend became happy, you became happy.

Alla har upplevt känslomässig överföring... . Men en ofta förbisedd aspekt av all denna överföring av känslor är att de inte bara sprider sig till våra vänner utan också till våra vänners vänner och ännu längre - även om vi inte ens är närvarande.

Ju fler vänner dina vänner har (oavsett deras känslomässiga tillstånd), desto mer sannolikt är det således att du är lycklig.

Att ha en stor social krets kan alltså göra dig lycklig, men om du är lycklig vidgar det inte nödvändigtvis din sociala krets. En position i mitten av nätverket leder till lycka - inte tvärtom. Ditt nätverks struktur och din plats i det har stor betydelse.

The mind delights in making connections.

There are many, many different worlds to live in. And sometimes there is no connection from one to another.

What's more, she gives shapes to the links between words and their meanings, and then fits them into chains of her own choosing.

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.

Però il rimpianto esiste, e i legami esistono, radicati in noi come alberi che non cedono neanche all'uragano, inevitabili come la fame e la sete. Non te ne puoi mai liberare, anche se ci provi con tutta la tua volontà, la tua logica. Magari credi di averli dimenticati e un giorno riaffiorano, irrimediabilmente, spietati, per metterti la corda al collo più di qualsiasi boia. E strozzarti.

The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness

Odessa è insieme Istanbul e Lisbona, Pietroburgo e Trieste.

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

Part of social success as an introvert is seeing your social battery extended and increased, so actively making the choice to look around and think about who you can introduce yourself to – that's going to push your boundaries and make you more capable of seizing the opportunities that you might miss out on otherwise.

Dans cette vie qui vous apparaît quelquefois comme un grand terrain vague sans poteau indicateur, au milieu de toutes les lignes de fuite et les horizons perdus, on aimerait trouver des points de repère, dresser une sorte de cadastre pour n'avoir plus l'impression de naviguer au hasard. Alors, on tisse des liens, on essaye de rendre plus stables des rencontres hasardeuses.

Why do people whose existence you are unaware of, whom you meet once and will never see again, come to play, behind the scenes, an important role in your life?

J'ai longtemps été persuadé que l'on ne pouvait faire de vraies rencontres que dans la rue.

Existen casualidades, encuentros y coincidencias que se ignorarán siempre…

People certainly lead compartmentalized lives and their friends do not know each other. It's unfortunate.

T?i sao nh?ng ng??i mà ta không ng? có t?n t?i , nh?ng ng??i ta ch? g?p m?t l?n r?i thôi, l?i âm th?m ?óng vai trò r?t quan tr?ng trong cu?c ??i ta?