Relationships Quotes

Connection, conflict, and everything in between. What our bonds with others teach us about ourselves.

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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic chords, we feel them vibrate."
Pope Francis
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"We are all responsible for one another."
Pope Francis
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"Relationships are the fabric of life."
Pope Francis
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"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The presence of that one is a presence and the absence of that one is also a presence."
Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Rumi)
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"The greatest disease in the West is the feeling of abandonment and loneliness."
Mother Teresa
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"Relationships demand the constant work of understanding and patience."
Pope Francis
"There is nothing so whole as a broken heart."
Meister Eckhart
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"Relationships are the fabric of human existence."
Pope John Paul II
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"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
Hafiz
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"There are some people in this life with whom we feel we belong."
Mother Teresa
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"Honesty and transparency build the foundation of all relationships."
Mother Teresa
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"I want to belong to no one, and for everyone to belong to me."
Mother Teresa
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"We all long to give ourselves to someone, to have a deep commitment."
Mother Teresa
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"Relationships require vulnerability and honesty."
Pope Francis
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"Relationships flourish when we put the other first."
Pope Francis
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"It is important to understand that disagreement or conflict is not something abnormal."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Spend the precious moments in your life with people you love, not on the internet."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"One of our problems is that we don't listen. We don't give space for the other person to talk."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Relationships are the mirror of who we are."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"True communication can happen when we listen with the intention to understand."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"We are not here to compete with one another, but to complete one another."
Pope John Paul II
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"Relationships are the fabric of human life; invest in them deeply."
Pope John Paul II
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us to our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel them."
Billy Graham
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"Relationships are the mirrors of our growth."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Relationships are schools of the soul."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Relationships require the investment of our hearts."
Pope Francis
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"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel every quiver they experience."
Pope Francis
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"Relationships are the context in which we discover ourselves."
Pope John Paul II