Quotes about Connection

Of all the things that wisdom provides to help one live one's entire life in happiness, the greatest by far is the possession of friendship.

It is according to how we are able to answer the question of what we do (normally the first enquiry we will have to field in any new acquaintance) that the quality of our reception is likely to be decided.

Loneliness makes us more capable of true intimacy if ever better opportunities do come along. We might be isolated for now, but we'll be capable of far closer, more interesting bonds with anyone we do eventually locate. 

Romanticism is a philosophy of intuitive agreement. In real love, there is no need tiresomely to articulate or spell things out. When two people belong together, there is simply — at long last — a wondrous reciprocal feeling that both parties see the world in precisely the same way.

Two people who are surprised by a lion in a jungle clearing will — unless one of them is eaten — be effectively bonded by what they have seen.

Compatibility is an achievement of love, it shouldn't be the precondition of love.

The people who really rule the world are those who know how to pray.

Remember, when you're reading your Bible, your Bible is also reading you." It is a two-way transaction.

Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.

When all my dreams come true, they'll all be about you".