Relationships Quotes

"Human relationships are the most precious resource."

"The human being needs belongingness as much as food."

"Conflict within yourself produces conflict with others."

"Moving away from people creates isolation; moving toward creates dependency."

"Hostility often masks a deep need for connection."

"The person who claims to need no one is the most trapped."

"Our relationships are mirrors of our relationship with ourselves."

"We must learn to tolerate the limitations of human connection."

"The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives."

"The depth of your relationships determines the depth of your life."

"The meaning of life is found in connection with others."

"There is no such thing as a sexual relationship."

"We cannot access the other's desire directly; it remains opaque."

"The experience of oneself is always a particular case of the experience of another."

"The human world is in terrible trouble because people cannot see each other."

"Life as we live it is a continuous interpenetration of our selves and others."

"Interpersonal experience is the only reality that is worth taking account of."

"Authentic encounter requires the willingness to be changed by the other."

"A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who loves him, or toward any human being whose expectations he knows, will never be able to throw away his life."

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel the pulsations of their fate."

"Sibling relationships shape our capacity for all future relationships."

"The adolescent searches for identity in the mirror of peer relationships."

"Attachment styles formed in childhood echo through our entire lives."

"The therapeutic alliance is the vehicle for all genuine change."

"The self is not fixed; it is continually being created through relationships."

"Psychotherapy works through the relationship itself, where the therapist provides a holding environment for transformation."

"Guilt is the bridge between self-interest and genuine concern for others."

"Success in relationships means being known and still accepted; being seen and still loved."

"There is no sexual relationship."

"Transference is the phenomena in which the subject mistakes the analyst for the Other."