Quotes about Interdependence

It is individualism and collectivism that cancel each other out; properly understood, the corporate and the personal reinforce one another.4

And that the world is a great big net, it is a whole, where no single thing exists separately; every scrap of the world, every last tiny piece, is bound up with the rest by a complex cosmos of correspondences, hard for the ordinary mind to penetrate.

When someone thinks that to develop a holy life he must always be alone with God, he is no longer of any use to others.

Trust is the glue in any relationship and is clearly the non-negotiable element of interdependent relationships. We will not be interdependent with those we don't trust. Trust is somewhat like a thermometer, reflecting the current state of a relationship.

We simply weren't constructed to live only for ourselves. We were placed on earth to be part of something bigger than the narrow borders of our own survival and our own little definition of happiness. The

Autonomous Christianity never works, because our spiritual life was designed by God to be a community project.

We were never meant to be self-focused little kings ruling miniscule little kingdoms with a population of one.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.

Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.