Quotes about Connection

A worker must win the hearts and affections of the people before he can do any effective work.

My internal and external life depend so much on the work of others that I must make an extreme effort to give as much as I receive.

What is essential in a work of art is that it should rise far above the realm of personal life and speak to the spirit and heart of the poet as man to the spirit and heart of mankind.

What I love about Stevie Wonder is the way he makes people feel. He's one of the best examples of how music can heal.

Our culture is all about shallow relationships. But that doesn't mean we should stop looking each other in the eye and having deep conversations.

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built into the human plan. We come with it.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

There will always be storytelling, whether it's on the big silver screen, or it's your television or your iPhone or whatever, people will keep on telling stories.

For those of us that can do it, do something nice for a stranger. Do something nice for a family member.

Remember, your relationships have not been designed by God as vehicles for human happiness, but as instruments of redemption.

It is easy to forget the impact our words have on every relationship. There has never been a good relationship without good communication. And there has never been a bad relationship that didn't get that way in part because of something that was said.