Quotes by Intimate Relationships People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some quantifiable external product to make them feel whole. Jennifer Connelly intimate-relationshipsfeelingspeople How do you conduct an intimate relationship where no one ever loses it? Where no one ever lashes out, where no one ever smacks anyone in the mouth? Jo Brand lashesintimate-relationshipsmouths The drivenness in any addiction is about the ruptured self, the belief that one is flawed as a person. The content of the addiction, whether it is alcoholism or work, is an attempt at an intimate relationship. The workaholic with her work or the alcoholic with his booze are having a love affair. Each alters mood to avoid the feeling of loneliness and hurt in the underbelly of shame. John Bradshaw lonelinessintimate-relationshipshurt Good sexual chemistry is fundamental to a vibrant intimate relationship. John Friend chemistryintimate-relationshipsfundamentals Skillfully engaging in intimate relationships can be one of the most potent spiritual practices. John Friend intimate-relationshipspracticespiritual It is through our deepest intimate relationships that we can gain some of our soul's most powerful spiritual advancements. John Friend powerfulintimate-relationshipsspiritual But perhaps the greatest attraction of Mormonism was the promise that each follower would be granted an extraordinarily intimate relationship with God. Joseph taught and encouraged his adherents to receive personal communiqués straight from the Lord. Divine revelation formed the bedrock of the religion. Jon Krakauer intimate-relationship-with-godintimate-relationshipspromise What we need to understand is that when traditions become laws, rules, obligations and expectations others put on us that we don't want to fulfill, then they lose real meaning and steal the joy from our lives. And if we're too religious, we won't be able to be led by the Holy Spirit and enjoy an intimate relationship with Him. Joyce Meyer realintimate-relationshipsreligious People who don't know the true character of God - who don't believe He is merciful, gracious and slow to anger - can never have a close, personal, intimate relationship with Him. Joyce Meyer intimate-relationshipscharacterbelieve The Socratic teacher turns his students away from himself and back onto themselves; he hides in paradoxes, makes himself inaccessible. The intimate relationship between student and teacher here is not one of submission, but of a contest for truth. Karl Jaspers studentsintimate-relationshipsteacher Just me onstage with a mike having an intimate relationship with the audience. I don't get nervous for that. I just get excited. Kevin James nervousexcitedintimate-relationships On the intimate relationships, I'd say you can be someone who wouldn't normally get attention in traditional media and come onto Instagram and build this massive following. Kevin Systrom mediaintimate-relationshipsattention But I also think when we embark on intimate relationships, we make a basic human promise to be decent, to hold a flattering mirror up to each other, to be respectful as we explore each other. Lena Dunham mirrorsintimate-relationshipsthinking We too often satisfy ourselves with the perishable things of time, forgetting the opportunities we have of developing within us the great, the eternal principles of life and truth. The Lord wishes to establish a closer and more intimate relationship between Himself and us; He wishes to elevate us in the scale of being and intelligence, and this can only be done through the medium of the everlasting Gospel which is specially prepared for this purpose. Lorenzo Snow intimate-relationshipswishopportunity The problem with most intimate relationships is that they are not romantic. They do not involve a deeper knowing, and thus there is diminished possibility of sacred, transformative sharing. Marianne Williamson sacredknowingintimate-relationships It takes mystical insight to see the beauty and innocence in each other, even when that is not what we are showing to the world. That is why God is needed in intimate relationships, to move us beyond the perceptions that can so often poison love. Marianne Williamson perceptionintimate-relationshipsmoving NVC can be effectively applied at all levels of communication and in diverse situations: intimate relationships, families, schools, organizations and institutions, therapy and counseling, diplomatic and business negotiations, disputes and conflicts of any nature. Marshall B. Rosenberg communicationintimate-relationshipsschool When we speak of being vulnerable, it suggests being especially vulnerable to pain. People for whom personal dignity and self-sufficiency are everything, do all they can to shut it out. Noli mi tangere. They are well aware that any intimate relationship has pain in it, forces a special kind of awareness, is costly, and so they try to keep themselves unencumbered by shutting pain out as far as it is possible to do so. May Sarton painintimate-relationshipsself I feel like a lot of people are very career-driven and there's pressure to be successful. You put off relationships. You put off those intimate relationships because you're just work-driven. It's a very sweet term, undateable. Mickey Sumner successfulintimate-relationshipssweet Jane Fonda, who divided her life into three acts, decided after her sixtieth birthday that she was now facing the final act, and came to the following conclusion: "I thought to myself, well if that's the case and if what I'm scared of isn't death, but getting to the end with regrets, then I've got to figure out what would be the things that I would regret when I got to the last act if I hadn't done them or achieved them by then. And they were: having an intimate relationship and having made a difference." Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi regretbusinessintimate-relationships«12345»
