Quotes by Intimate Relationships When I was growing up, albums were my closest friends, as sad as that may sound - Joy Division's 'Closer,' or Echo and the Bunnymen's 'Heaven Up Here'... I had a more intimate relationship with those records than I did with most of the people in my life. Moby echoesgrowing-upintimate-relationships I've never had any intimate relationships with a dolphin. Morgan Freeman dolphinsintimateintimate-relationships Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know. Nancy Mitford marriageintimate-relationshipschildren It is a joy to Jesus when a person takes time to walk more intimately with Him. The bearing of fruit is always shown in scripture to be a visible result of an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. Oswald Chambers intimate-relationshipsjoyjesus Something as important and central and encompassing as empathy can't be all bad. I think empathy plays a role in intimate relationships, where you might want your partner not just to care about you or understand you but to feel what you feel. Paul Bloom intimate-relationshipsplaythinking Since I was both an atheist and an absurdist, I had decided that the most absurd thing I could do would be to develop an intimate relationship with the God I didn't believe in. Paul Krassner atheistintimate-relationshipsbelieve What is Christianity all about? It is about an intimate relationship with God. And I HATE a christendom, a churchianity that God is not big enough and glorious enough so that we have to give them other things. Paul Washer hateintimate-relationshipsgiving Art awakens a sense of real by establishing an intimate relationship between our inner being and the universe at large, bringing us a consciousness of deep joy. Rabindranath Tagore realintimate-relationshipsart Having your own store is one of the most immediate ways to connect with the customer, to really get to know her and develop a more intimate relationship. Reed Krakoff storesintimate-relationshipsway A common obstruction to a vital intimate relationship is what I call the assumption of clairvoyance. You imagine, perhaps unconsciously, that your partner or friend is somehow magically psychic when it comes to you -\-\ so much so that he or she should unfailingly intuit exactly what you need, even if you don't ask for it. Rob Brezsny psychicsintimate-relationshipspractice It naturally elevates the soul to feel this intimate relationship to it's primal ground...A man then feels himself truly at home, and whenever he is lifted up through music he can say to himself: "Yes, you come from other worlds, and in music you can experience your native place." Rudolf Steiner intimate-relationshipshomemen This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession. Ryszard Kapuscinski treatsliteratureintimate-relationships To me there is an intimate relationship between austerity and more lush aesthetics. They're two faces of the same coin. Sally Potter coinsintimate-relationshipstwo I have a theory about soul mates -- that God wants to be our sweetheart. And once we fall in love with life and have an intimate relationship with Spirit, that's when we meet our soul mate. It's as if God says, 'You're not meant to be alone on this earth. I just wanted you to love me first. Sarah Ban Breathnach love-lifefalling-in-loveintimate-relationships You cannot have a private relationship in a public arena. You must look to an inner circle of people who really know you. Don't expect to have that kind of intimate relationship with people who only know you publicly. Do not seek to be understood by the world. T. D. Jakes circlesintimate-relationshipspeople In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary. Tara Brach scaryrealintimate-relationships If fulfillment is gained through giving ourselves through intimate relationships, then allowing ourselves to be consumed with the cares of things, instead of the care of persons, is foolish. Tony Campolo careintimate-relationshipsgiving Ownership is the most intimate relationship that one can have to objects. Not that they come alive in him; it is he who lives in them. Walter Benjamin ownershipaliveintimate-relationships The plain, unvarnished truth is, that every one of us needs the accountability that comes from formal, regular, intimate relationships with other godly people. Wayne Mack godlyintimate-relationshipspeople One suggestion is to regard your personality as a pet. It follows you around anyway, so give it a name and make friends with it. Keep it on a leash when you need to, and let it run free when you feel that is appropriate. Train it as well as you can, and then accept its idiosyncrasies, but always remember that your pet is not you. Your pet has its own life, and just happens to be in an intimate relationship with you, whoever you may be, hiding there behind your personality. Wes Nisker intimate-relationshipsnamesrunning«12345»
