Quotes about Connection
There is nothing but is related to us, nothing that does not interest us,--kingdom, college, tree, horse, or iron show,--the rootsof all things are in man.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think me not unkind and rude That I walk alone in grove and glen; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man is the inlet and may become the outlet of all there is in God.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
...the measure of life is revealed in the quality of our relationships: with God, our families, our fellow men." - A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans
- Richard Paul Evans
Many people, especially men, feel it is an admission of weakness to ask for help or to express a need. But there is absolutely no shame in needing others.
- Rick Warren
All that man has to say or do that can possibly concern mankind is in some shape or other to tell the story of his love-to sing, and, if he is fortunate and keeps alive, he will be forever in love.
- Henry David Thoreau
Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind.
- Henry David Thoreau
It is not in vain that man speaks to man. This is the value of literature.
- Henry David Thoreau
What sort of space is that which separates a man from his fellows and makes him solitary?
- Henry David Thoreau
A man might well pray that he may not taboo or curse any portion of nature by being buried in it.
- Henry David Thoreau
It takes longer for man to find out man than any other creature that is made.
- Henry Ward Beecher
In loving things and the being in them man should rather draw things up to the human level than reduce humanity to their measure.
- Jacques Maritain