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#1

“To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.”
― Terry Tempest Williams

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#2

“You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.”
― Desmond Tutu, The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

tags: humanity, relationship

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#3

“Love is the most important. The most necessary human emotion. Not just romantic love. Love. The ability of human beings to connect”.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

tags: love

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#4

“Friendship leads to human connection, which feeds your soul. More than kale or spinning or fifteen-minute naps under your desk, conscious communication with your clutch friends is the best form of self-care.”
― Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

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#5

“Connection: Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment. Belonging: Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”
― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

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#6

“Stories nurture our connection to place and to each other. They show us where we have been and where we can go. They remind us of how to be human, how to live alongside the other lives that animate this planet. ... When we lose stories, our understanding of the world is less rich, less true.”
― Susan J. Tweit, Walking Nature Home: A Life's Journey

tags: memoir, nature, stories

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#7

“That’s why most people would agree that while it’s possible to accumulate too much stuff in this world, it is impossible to accumulate too much human connection.”
― Tim David, Magic Words: The Science and Secrets Behind Seven Words That Motivate, Engage, and Influence

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#8

“I hate it when people talk like friendship is less than other kinds of - as though it's some kind of runner-up prize for people who can't have sex.”
― R.J. Anderson, Quicksilver

tags: friends, friendship

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#9

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all
of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
― Leo F. Buscaglia

tags: caring, compliment, kind-word, life, listen, potential, power, smile, touch

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#10

“There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.”
― Leo Buscaglia

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#11

“The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face or body and more to do with your attitude and how you treat people.”
― Germany Kent

tags: attitude, attitude-in-life, attitude-inspiration, attitude-is-everything, attitude-of-gratitude, attitude-quotes, attitude-toward-life, attitudes, attractive, attractiveness, be-kind, be-kind-enough-to-not-get-angry, be-kind-to-all, be-kind-to-others, be-kind-to-someone, be-kind-today, be-nice, be-nice-to-people, behavior, behaviorism, body-and-mind, body-and-soul, body-language, body-mind-spirit, body-positivity, change-the-world, change-the-world-quotes, gratitude, gratitude-happiness-inner-peace, gratitude-life-happiness-success, lead-from-within, leader, leaders, leadership, leadership-characteristics, leadership-development, leadership-quotes, leadership-traits, living-on-purpose, patience, patience-and-love, patience-thankfulness-power, purpose, purpose-driven-life, purpose-of-life, purpose-quotes, purposeful, purposeful-life, purposeful-living, strategic-leadership, success-in-business, success-in-life, success-self-improvement, success-strategies, successful-living, successful-people, things-to-think-on, treating-others, treating-others-fairly, treating-others-like-you

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#12

“I am willing to sound dumb. I am willing to be wrong. I am willing to be passionate about something that isn’t perceived as cool. I am willing to express a theory. I am willing to admit I’m afraid. I’m willing to contradict something I’ve said before. I’m willing to have a knee-jerk reaction, even a wrong one. I’m willing to apologize. I’m perfectly willing to be perfectly human.”
― Donald Miller, Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy

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#13

“How many times have you tried to talk to someone about something that matters to you, tried to get them to see it the way you do? And how many of those times have ended with you feeling bitter, resenting them for making you feel like your pain doesn't have any substance after all?

Like when you've split up with someone, and you try to communicate the way you feel, because you need to say the words, need to feel that somebody understands just how pissed off and frightened you feel. The problem is, they never do. "Plenty more fish in the sea," they'll say, or "You're better off without them," or "Do you want some of these potato chips?" They never really understand, because they haven't been there, every day, every hour. They don't know the way things have been, the way that it's made you, the way it has structured your world. They'll never realise that someone who makes you feel bad may be the person you need most in the world. They don't understand the history, the background, don't know the pillars of memory that hold you up. Ultimately, they don't know you well enough, and they never can. Everyone's alone in their world, because everybody's life is different. You can send people letters, and show them photos, but they can never come to visit where you live.

Unless you love them. And then they can burn it down.”
― Michael Marshall Smith, Only Forward

tags: life, love, only-forward, reality

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#14

“Find people who can handle your darkest truths, who don’t change the subject when you share your pain, or try to make you feel bad for feeling bad. Find people who understand we all struggle, some of us more than others, and that there’s no weakness in admitting it. Find people who want to be real, however that looks and feels, and who want you to be real, too. Find people who get that life is hard, and who get that life is also beautiful, and who aren’t afraid to honor both of those realities. Find people who help you feel more at home in your heart, mind and body, and who take joy in your joy. Find people who love you, for real, and who accept you, for real. Just as you are. They’re out there, these people. Your tribe is waiting for you. Don’t stop searching until you find them.”
― Scott Stabile

tags: friendship, love, relationships, tribe

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#15

“Things don't matter, people do”
― Rosie Thomas

tags: friendship, life, love

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#16

“Sometimes, when husbands stay out of the way, friendship was easier between women”
― Vera Jane Cook, Lies a River Deep

tags: wisdom

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#17

“Peace is an ocean,
harmony is the ship,
tolerance is the captain,
and strife is the storm.
Joy is an ocean,
faith is the ship,
hope is the captain,
and despair is the storm.
Love is an ocean,
kindness is the ship,
compassion is the captain,
and greed is the storm.
Virtue is an ocean,
prudence is the ship,
goodness is the captain,
and vice is the storm.
Friendship is an ocean,
trust is the ship,
patience is the captain,
and betrayal is the storm.

Destiny is an ocean,
purpose is the ship,
character is the captain,
and misfortune is the storm.
Experience is an ocean,
the present is the ship,
the past is the captain,
and pain is the storm.
The soul is an ocean,
the heart is the ship,
the soul is the captain,
and darkness is the storm.
Life is an ocean,
reality is the ship,
awareness is the captain,
and mortality is the storm.
Eternity is an ocean,
time is the ship,
destiny is the captain,
and death is the storm.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

tags: africa-quotes, african-philosopher-quotes, african-philosophy-quotes, african-quotes, guru-quotations, guru-quotes, matshona-dhliwayo-quotes, philosophy-quotations, sage-quotes, solomonology-quotes

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#18

“The finest thing under the sun and moon is the human soul. I marvel at the small miracles of kindness that pass between humans, I marvel at the growth of conscience, at the persistence of reason in the face of all superstition or despair. I marvel at human endurance.”
― Anne Rice, Pandora

tags: soul

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#19

“Never underestimate the empowering effect of human connection.
All you need is that one person, who understands you completely, believes in you and makes you feel loved for what you are, to enable you - to unfold the miraculous YOU.”
― Drishti Bablani, Wordions

tags: believe-in-you, drishti-bablani, empowering, human-connection, miraculous-you, wordions, wordions-com

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#20

“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”
― John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love

tags: affection, alone, beauty, camaraderie, caring, caring-for-others, closeness, companionship, compassion, connectedness, connection, disconnection, empathy, estrangement, fellowship, friendship, friendship-quotes, hug, hugs, intimacy, isolation, kindness, kindred-spirits, loneliness, love, love-at-first-sight, love-quotes, lovers, loving, loving-someone, mirror, mutuality, partnership, reciprocal, reciprocity, reflected-in-you, relationship, relationship-quotes, relationships, romance, self-belief, self-esteem, self-hatred, self-realization, self-worth, self-worthiness, soul-mate, soulmates, togetherness, touch, twin-flames

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#21

“The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.”
― Goethe

tags: community, connection, friendship, goethe, inspirational, love

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#22

“We often forget our human connectedness. Throughout my life, I have felt the greatest beauty lies in this connection. It has been in the deepest connections with others that I have experienced the greatest degree of learning, healing and transformation. This connection is a powerful thing, with the ability to transform lives, and ultimately transform human experience.”
― Kristi Bowman, Journey to One: A Woman's Story of Emotional Healing and Spiritual Awakening

tags: connection, human, humanity, transformation

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#23

“How phenomenal we, humans, are – the further we are from our beloved home, the stronger our connection becomes…”
― Tamuna Tsertsvadze, Galaxy Pirates

tags: bond, bonds, connection, country, homeland, homesickness

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#24

“Feeling rooted in the earth is soothing to the body, and it is our connection to the earth that gives us our most basic sense of belonging, home, resilience, and safety.”
― Jessica Moore

tags: belonging, connection, earth, grounding, home, nature, safety

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#25

“On a good day, even writing can feel like a form of collecting—of gathering words, images, and ideas and arranging them in an order that feels right.”
― Amanda Petrusich, Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records

tags: collecting, writing

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#26

“You know, some things don't matter that much...Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person's heart - now, that matters.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

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#27

“Once you’ve had a taste of artistic beauty, your life changes. Once you’ve heard the Monteverdi choir sing, your life changes. Once you’ve seen a Vermeer up close, your life changes; once you’ve read Proust, you are never the same again. What I don’t know is why.”
― Jaume Cabré, Confessions

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#28

“We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.”
― Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul: A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life

tags: courage, life, risk

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#29

“Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron

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#30

“I went looking for my dreams outside of myself and discovered, it's not what the world holds for you, it's what you bring to it.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery

tags: anne-of-green-gables

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