Quotes about Connectedness

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

practically nothing we do ever stands by itself. If it is good, it will serve some good purpose in the future. If it is evil, it may haunt us and handicap our efforts in unimagined ways.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.

No man is an Island intire of it self; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in Mankinde, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.

The English word human literally means "a creature of earth," from the word humus, or ground.[1] The humble word humble comes from the same origin and means "lowly, near the ground."[2] God appointed gravity to keep us there.

All human beings are interconnected, one with all other elements in creation.

Pessimism is a denial of the reality of God and the power man draws from being connected to it.