#relationships

But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people--first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#relationships #friendship

One has only to set a loved human being against the fact that we are all in peril all the time to get back a sense of proportion. What does anything matter compared to the reality of love and its span, so brief at best, maintained against such odds? ↗

— May Sarton

#love #pain #peril #relationships #friendship

He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God. ↗

— Abraham Kuyper

#friendship #relationships #religious #friendship

Why would anyone want perfection when growth comes from flaws? ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#flaws #friendships #life #perfection #perfectionist

Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of any relaitonship is your responsibility. You do not have to passively accept what is brought to you. You can choose. ↗

— Deborah Day

#friendship #relationships #self-help #friendship

When you begin with the premise "I treat everyone equally," you have already blinkered yourself from seeing where you don't, or can't, or shouldn't. There is no way to treat two people equally, because they are each unique, with respective strengths and weaknesses. ↗

— Anthony D. Ravenscroft

#polyamory #relationships #equality

He educated Maurice, or rather his spirit educated Maurice's spirit, for they themselves became equal. Neither thought "Am I led; am I leading?" Love had caught him out of triviality and Maurice out of bewilderment in order that two imperfect souls might touch perfection. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#relationships #education

I believe with all my heart that the cliches are true, that we are our own best friends and best company, and that if you're not right for yourself, it's impossible to be right for anyone. ↗

— Rachel Machacek

#dating #friends #relationships #self-esteem #dating

But whenever I meet dynamic, nonretarded Americans, I notice that they all seem to share a single unifying characteristic: the inability to experience the kind of mind-blowing, transcendent romantic relationship they perceive to be a normal part of living. And someone needs to take the fall for this. So instead of blaming no one for this (which is kind of cowardly) or blaming everyone (which is kind of meaningless), I'm going to blame John Cusack. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

#relationships #experience

I find it really offensive when people say that the emotional experiences of teenagers are less real or less important than those of adults. I am an adult, and I used to be a teenager, and so I can tell you with some authority that my feelings then were as real as my feelings are now. ↗

— John Green

#relationships #teenagers #experience