Quotes about Intimacy

The fears that assault us are mostly simple anxieties about social skills, about intimacy, about likeableness, or about performance. We need not give emotional food or charge to these fears or become attached to them. We don't even have to shame ourselves for having these fears. Simply ask your fears, "What are you trying to teach me?" Some say that FEAR is merely an acronym for "False Evidence Appearing Real." From Everything Belongs, p. 143

God made you to love you, and he longs for you to love him back. He says, "I don't want your sacrifices—I want your love; I don't want your offerings—I want you to know me.

The truth is — you are as close to God as you choose to be.

opening up your soul to someone, letting them into your spirit, thoughts, fears, future, hopes, dreams ... that is being naked.

The failure to understand the infinite depth of the human soul is often why people who are married have affairs. They stop exploring the person they married. They find somebody who appears more interesting.

know that sounds premature, but I won't date anyone again that I can't imagine growing old with.

We've got to have a deep, intimate relationship with the Father if we're going to lead like Jesus.

If we are focusing on our needs, the relationship is in trouble.

The goal is not to get into a relationship; the goal is to be in a relationship.

I think you got to put your intimate relationship first. If you can keep your woman first and still love your children, you are going to create the healthiest environment.

You can create an intimate community of about 20 or 25 people, and beyond that you're into a different kind of relationship.

For a love to grow through the test of everyday living, one must respect that zone of privacy where one retires to relate to the inside instead of the outside.