#hip

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows. ↗

— Milton Glaser

#desire #element #even #grows #independent

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable. We cannot know at the outset how the relationship will affect us. Like a chemical mixture, if one of us is changed, both of us will be. Will we grow in self-actualization, or will it destroy us? The one thing we can be certain of is that if we let ourselves fully into the relationship for good or evil, we will not come out unaffected. ↗

— Rollo May

#change

I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become. ↗

— Robin Jones Gunn

#philosophical #wisdom #friendship

But Piglet is so small that he slips into a pocket, where it is very comfortable to feel him when you are not quite sure whether twice seven is twelve or twenty-two. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#friends #friendship #humor #math #piglet

A real relationship is two-way. ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#love #romance #friendship

You know what the secret is? It's so simple. We love one another. We're nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is? - Carmen ↗

— Ann Brashares

#love #friendship

The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#connection #friendship #goethe #inspirational #love

When you get tired of worrying and mourning your horse and trying not to be afraid, tell me and I'll do it for you a while so you can shut your eyes and sleep peaceful. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#friendship

Real friendship or love is not manufactured or achieved by an act of will or intention. Friendship is always an act of recognition. ↗

— John O'Donohue

#love #friendship

The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#friendship