Relationships Quotes

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

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"In relationships, honesty is the currency of trust and intimacy."
Avicenna
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"Relationships require constant effort and mutual respect."
Maimonides
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"Relationships are gardens that require constant tending."
Maimonides
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"Disagreement is not a failure of communication but an opportunity for deeper understanding."
Leibniz, Gottfried
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"Envy arises from comparing one's fortune with that of another."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"Hatred can never spring from love, though love may arise from hatred."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"Those animated by reason will naturally love all that reason endorses."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"In order to improve the mind, we ought to mix the company of the vulgar with that of the superior."
Descartes, René
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"Understanding ourselves is the key to understanding others."
Descartes, René
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"The tongue of the wise heals; the tongue of the fool wounds."
Al-Ghazali
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"The art of conversation is the art of being heard."
Al-Ghazali
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"The relationship that endures is built on honesty and kindness."
Al-Ghazali
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"To understand another, you must first understand yourself."
Avicenna
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"One should always consider the company one is in."
Hume, David
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"The minds of men are mirrors to one another, not only because they reflect each other's emotions but because those rays reverberate back upon the original affections."
Hume, David
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"Relationships are the mirror of our souls."
Averroes
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"Understanding others begins with understanding ourselves."
Averroes
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"The art of conversation is the art of listening."
Maimonides
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"He who imagines that he is hated by all is foolish."
Spinoza, Baruch
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"Jealousy is a form of sadness."
Spinoza, Baruch
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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."
Descartes, René
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"In relationships, honesty is the currency of trust."
Avicenna
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"Relationships are mirrors that reflect our true selves back to us."
Al-Ghazali
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"Relationships require the death of ego and the birth of compassion."
Al-Ghazali
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"You were made for me."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Relationships are the true wealth of life."
Augustine of Hippo
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"Relationships thrive when built upon honesty and mutual respect for each other's intellect."
Averroes
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"In relationships, honesty serves us better than comfort or convenient deception."
Averroes
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"To add insult to injury."
Cicero
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"Bad company corrupts good character."
Cicero