Quotes about Connection

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labour, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness, to be one with each other in the silent unspoken memories?

What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life- to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories ...

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.

Animals are such agreeable friends?they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

The names of persons and living creatures demand respect, because when we speak to them we touch their heart and become a part of thier life force.

This is what women want: to be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over their bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved.

Affection is like the noonday sun; it does not need the presence of another to be manifest.

Mothers, on the other hand, are trees with firm roots.

I called him Grandfather, because according to him you do not have to be of the same blood or same tribe to be a member of the same family, but in truth I should have called him Maman. He was the only mother I ever knew.