Quotes about Connection
More than any other human problem, loneliness, the absence of meaningful human connection, drains the joy and the sense of purpose from our lives.
— Harold S. Kushner
We need other people, and we need to be needed by other people, in order to be who we might be, who we yearn to be.
— Harold S. Kushner
Both love and true friendship are more than a way of knowing that we matter to someone else. They are a way of mattering to the world, bringing God into a world that would otherwise be a vale of selfishness and loneliness.
— Harold S. Kushner
One of the basic needs of every human being is the need to be loved, to have our wishes and feelings taken seriously, to be validated as people who matter.
— Harold S. Kushner
That is why we have to make room in our lives for people who may sometimes disappoint or exasperate us. If we hold our friends to a standard of perfection, or if they do that to us, we will end up far lonelier than we want to be.
— Harold S. Kushner
We cannot live without the knowledge that someone cares about us.
— Harold S. Kushner
Basketball is my passion, I love it. But my family and friends mean everything to me. That's what's important. I need my phone so I can keep in contact with them at all times.
— LeBron James
Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved we love to love.
— Leo Buscaglia
The life and love we create is the life and love we live.
— Leo Buscaglia
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
— Leo Buscaglia
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest accomplishment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
— Leo Buscaglia
To love others you must first love yourself.
— Leo Buscaglia