I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
We are hardwired to connect with others, it’s what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.
Vulnerability is the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it appears that it’s also the birthplace of joy, of creativity, of belonging, of love.
Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.
I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn’t a nightmare.
Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
Become genuinely interested in other people.
Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them. Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do. That’s a lot more profitable and intriguing than criticism; and it breeds sympathy, tolerance and kindness.
If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.
Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.
True friends never become apart; maybe in distance but never in heart.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’s eyes for an instant?
You can take my factories, burn up my buildings, but give me my people and I’ll build the business right back again.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; – it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.
One person caring about another represents life’s greatest value.