Relationships Quotes

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

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"The bonds we forge with ideas are as real as any physical connection."
Bohr, Niels
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"Life's greatest lesson is that we are far more interconnected than we imagine."
Bohr, Niels
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"Relationships are strengthened by shared intellectual pursuits."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"Relationships deepen when both parties share a commitment to honesty and growth."
Weyl, Hermann
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"The self is constituted by its relation to members of its society."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"The greatest relationship is with oneself; all others flow from this."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The greatest relationships are those where both parties bring out each other's best selves."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"Relationships are mirrors in which we see ourselves truly."
Church, Alonzo
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"Relationships are the medium in which we discover ourselves."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"Meaning emerges through communication and shared understanding."
Dummett, Michael
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"The identity of thoughts across different minds is what allows communication."
Frege, Gottlob
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"A thought grasped by one mind can be grasped by another; this is the miracle of communication."
Frege, Gottlob
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"Thoughts are public and shareable; they are not private mental contents."
Frege, Gottlob
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"To communicate a thought is to cause another mind to grasp the same content."
Frege, Gottlob
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"One's relations with other people are governed by one's feelings about them."
Turing, Alan
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"Relationships reveal the limits of self-knowledge."
Nagel, Thomas
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"To communicate is to take the risk that others will misunderstand what we mean."
Tarski, Alfred
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"To understand another person is partly to understand the language they use and the meanings they project onto it."
Tarski, Alfred
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"Communication between humans is a miracle that happens despite our limitations."
Gödel, Kurt
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"The quality of your relationships determines the quality of your life."
Jackson, Frank
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"Relationships require work."
Jackson, Frank
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"Consciousness connects us across individuals and species in ways we barely understand."
Chalmers, David
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"Meaning is not found in the mind of the speaker alone but in the community of speakers."
Dummett, Michael
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"We interpret the thoughts of others by assuming they are rational and coherent."
Dummett, Michael
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"Meaning cannot be wholly privatized; it requires public criteria for correctness."
Dummett, Michael
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"Every person carries untold stories within their silence"
Jackson, Frank
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"Relationships mature when we stop trying to fix and start trying to understand"
Jackson, Frank
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"Relationships are the crucible in which we discover who we really are"
Jackson, Frank
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"Human existence is fundamentally social."
Searle, John
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"Communication requires shared understanding."
Searle, John