Quotes about Intimacy
An authentic relationship means telling the truth about how we feel — and that's the kind of relationship God wants with us.
— Lee Strobel
Christ does not say to me, "Be yourself." He says, "Be with me." BROTHER ROGER OF TAIZÉ
— Leonard Sweet
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. —G. K. Chesterton12
— Leonard Sweet
Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
That's the whole spiritual life. It's learning how to die. And as you learn how to die, you start losing all your illusions, and you start being capable now of true intimacy and love.
— Eugene Peterson
It is precisely in times of spiritual dryness that we must hold on to our spiritual discipline so that we can grow into new intimacy with God.
— Henri Nouwen
Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman.
— Khalil Gibran
I looked at God and He looked at me, and we were one forever.
— Charles Spurgeon
If you want to know how the heart is related to the soul, love someone.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
— Albert Einstein
When one individual comes into intimate contact with another, she—or he, of course, as the case may be—must almost inevitably receive or inflict suffering.
— Aldous Huxley
That's one of the disadvantages of getting older; you're inclined to make intimate contacts with fewer people.
— Aldous Huxley