Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
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Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
Our relationships live in the space between us which is sacred.
I want a guy who takes charge, but lets me have my say once in a while. A good relationship is all about balance and chemistry.
Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
Where there are friends there is wealth.
Most religions live from a narrative that shapes their relationship with the divine other, God or the gods, and with the human other, the stranger.
The picture is not made by the photographer, the picture is more good or less good in function of the relationship that you have with the people you photograph.
If we were good at everything we would have no need for each other.
Imagine craving absolutely nothing from the world. Imagine cutting the invisible strings that so painfully bind us: what would that be like? Imagine the freedoms that come from the ability to enjoy things without having to acquire them, own them, possess them. Try to envision a relationship based on acceptance and genuine care rather than expectation. Imagine feeling completely satisfied and content with your life just as it is. Who wouldn't want this? This is the enjoyment of non-attachment.
We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.
Relationship are part of the vast plan for our enlightenment.
You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference in beauty or desire.
It’s not necessary, in order to be a complete person, that I have a man. It’s not the end-all, be-all of my life.
One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.
The reason I so rarely break promises to other people? It breaks trust. Without trust, there's no relationship.
O, what damned minutes tells he o'er_x000D_ _x000D_ Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet fondly loves!
No .... holy father, throw away that thought._x000D_ _x000D_ Believe not that the dribbling dart of love_x000D_ _x000D_ Can pierce a complete bosom.
You are my true and honourable wife;_x000D_ _x000D_ As dear to me as the ruddy drops_x000D_ _x000D_ That visit my sad heart.
How can we know ourselves by ourselves? . . . Soul needs intimate connection, not only to individuate, but simply to live. For this we need relationships of the profoundest kind through which we can realize ourselves, where self-revelation is possible, where interest in and love for soul is paramount.
I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
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