Quotes about Connection

You never read a book on psychology, Tippy. You didn't need to. You knew by some divine instinct that you can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Let me repeat that. You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

The sun can make you take off your coat more quickly than the wind; and kindliness, the friendly approach and appreciation can make people change their minds more readily than all the bluster and storming in the world. Remember

I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

I act as the tongue of you, ... tied in your mouth . . . . in mine it begins to be loosened.

I will You, in all, Myself, with promise to never desert you, To which I sign my name.

Why should I wish to see God better than this day? I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then, In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass; I find letters from God dropped in the street, and every one is signed by God's name, And I leave them where they are, for I know that others will punctually come forever and ever.

Be not dishearten'd -- Affection shall solve the problems of Freedom yet; Those who love each other shall become invincible.

Only themselves understand themselves and the like of themselves, As souls only understand souls.

When I give, I give myself

Are you the new person drawn toward me?

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.

I will be your poet, I will be more to you than to any of the rest.