Relationships Quotes

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

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"Relationships are mirrors in which you see yourself clearly."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"God is calling His children to unity and fellowship."
Billy Graham
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"Every human being has the ability to understand the value of loving others and being loved."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Be realistic about what you can expect from others based on their capacity to understand."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"True love is accepting others exactly as they are, without trying to change them."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Relationships are mirrors reflecting back who we truly are beneath our masks."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Relationships teach us that we are not separate, but fundamentally interconnected."
Sri Aurobindo
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"To understand another is to expand the boundaries of your own being."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Competition destroys relationship and thus destroys society."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"A person can love you with all their heart but still hurt you because of their ignorance."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"Relationships are the arena in which we learn to love as Christ loved."
Pope John Paul II
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"The power of forgiveness can transform even the most bitter relationships."
Billy Graham
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"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands – one for helping yourself, one for helping others."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Even if someone is completely bad, if you can find even one quality to appreciate, it can change the whole relationship."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Trust and openness are the foundations of all genuine human connection."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Sri Aurobindo envisioned a world where all relationships embody divine love."
Sri Aurobindo
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"Relationships are the crucible in which the soul is purified and elevated."
Sri Aurobindo
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"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The practice of deep listening is the most beautiful gift we can give to another person."
Thich Nhat Hanh
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"The world needs both the intellect and the heart."
Swami Vivekananda
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"Real relationship is possible only when there is freedom from the past."
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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"Relationships are laboratories for the alchemy of consciousness."
Sri Aurobindo
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"The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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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 make."
Dalai Lama (14th)
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"Just as different flowers offer their fragrance at different times, different souls offer their love at different times."
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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"Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives."
Saint Peter
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"Love everyone, trust none completely, and depend on yourself alone."
Swami Vivekananda