Relationships Quotes

"The human animal, when not in a group, is often lost and confused."

"Plurality is the condition of human action because we are all the same, that is, human, in such a way that nobody is ever the same as any other person who ever lived, lives, or will live."

"True wealth lies not in possessions but in the richness of human relationships."

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

"Relationships demand that we become better versions of ourselves."

"We cannot be excellent in isolation; virtue is exercised within relationships."

"We are social creatures whose virtues must be exercised in community."

"We cannot achieve excellence in isolation from the human community."

"Our relationships define us more surely than our individual achievements."

"Relationships are the mirrors in which we see ourselves."

"The most profound human experiences happen in plurality."

"The meaning of action is revealed in the web of relationships."

"We become human through interaction with others."

"We are not isolated monads but participants in the life of the whole."

"The self exists only in relation to the other."

"The other is not an obstacle but an opportunity."

"We are creatures whose nature it is to stand in certain relations to others; solitude is a deviation, not a foundation."

"In every relationship, honesty is the greatest gift."

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

"All real living is meeting."

"Man wishes to be confirmed in his being by man, and wishes to have a presence in the being of the other."

"Every Thou becomes an It when the relationship is objectified."

"The fundamental fact of human existence is man with man."

"Man can no longer survive in isolation."

"What we call personality is not simply what we are, but what we achieve in relation to others."

"To meet means to stand face to face."

"The human world is built upon I and Thou."

"One cannot live only with the It; one must live with Thou."

"Real meeting changes those who meet."

"Every genuine encounter is an event."