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Connection Quotes

    “Every being on this Earth, every object on this Earth has a soul.  All souls flow into one, this is the Soul of the Universe.  You see, when you nourish your own mind and your own spirit, you are really feeding the Soul of the Universe.  When you improve yourself, you are improving the lives of all those around you.  And when you have the courage to advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, you begin to draw upon the power of the universe.” ~ Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

      “Not only do we often find what we are looking for in people, we sometimes create what we are looking for in people.”

      J. Keith Murnighan, Do Nothing!

        “The capacity for solitude is a prerequisite for intimacy with another.  Otherwise, it may well be that the desperate search for a partner is merely the expression of personal emptiness, and if that is the case, any relationship will be founded on weak grounds and will not satisfy the yearning for connection.  The expression ‘soul mate’ can mean a partnership in which the soul is engaged, in which one’s own soul connects with another’s.  This is no small thing, and it reaches far deeper than the resolution of any superficial search for romance.  Part of what we long for in our wish for a soul mate is intimacy with and the expression of our own soul.”

        Thomas Moore, Original Self | ★ Featured on this book list.

          “What we can’t do is digitize passion.  We can’t force the student to want to poke around and discover new insights online.  We can’t merely say, ‘here,’ and presume the students will do the hard (and scary) work of getting over the hump and conquering their fears.  Without school to establish the foundation and push and pull our students, the biggest digital library in the world is useless.”

          Seth Godin, Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?

            “People don’t believe what you tell them.  They rarely believe what you show them.  They often believe what their friends tell them.  They always believe what they tell themselves.”

            Seth Godin, Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck?

              “You have to create the atmosphere of happiness around you.  If everybody is miserable, how can you be happy?  You will be affected.  You are not a stone, you are a very delicate being, very sensitive.  If everybody is miserable around you, their misery will affect you.  Misery is as infectious as any disease.  Blissfulness is also infectious as any disease.  If you help others to be happy, in the end you help yourself to be happy.” ~ Osho, Love, Freedom, Alonenss: The Koan of Relationships

                “A self-centered person is always seeking his happiness.  And this is the beauty of it, that the more you seek your happiness the more you will help others to be happy.  Because that is the only way to be happy in the world.  If everybody else around you is unhappy, you cannot be happy, because man is not an island.  He is part of the vast continent.  If you want to be happy, you will have to help others who surround you to be happy.  Then – and only then – can you be happy.” ~ Osho, Love, Freedom, Alonenss: The Koan of Relationships