Quotes about Connection

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

I observed once to Goethe ... that when a friend is with us we do not think the same of him as when he is away. He replied, "Yes! because the absent friend is yourself, and he exists only in your head; whereas the friend who is present has an individuality of his own, and moves according to laws of his own, which cannot always be in accordance with those which you form for yourself."

In the faces of men and women I see God and in my own face in the glass, I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is signed by God's name, and I leave them where they are, for I know that wheresoever I go others will punctually come for ever and ever.

Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.

God is no enemy to you. He asks no more than that He hear you call Him "Friend."

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

You don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here, too.

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

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

He who lives only for himself is truly dead to others.

Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.

Blessed influence of one truly loving soul on another!