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Connection Quotes by Famous Authors

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1. “Strange things happen on this earth: you can live a long while with someone and be on the friendliest of terms, and yet you’ll never once talk openly with him, from the depths of your soul; while with someone else you may scarcely have met, at one glance, whether you to him or he to you, just as in a confessional, you’ll blurt out the story of your life.”

Ivan Turgenev

Connection, Soul, Openness, Relationship, Fate

2. “It seemed to me both that I had known her for a long time and that I had known nothing and had not lived before she came.”

Ivan Turgenev

Love, Transformation, Memory, Connection, Awakening

3. “You have brought me yourself, and that is the best bringing of all.”

Ivan Turgenev

Love, Gift, Presence, Connection, Gratitude

4. “Everyone needs help from everyone else.”

Ivan Turgenev

Support, Community, Humanity, Dependence, Connection

5. “Victims of misfortune are quick to sense another of their kind from a distance, but in old age they rarely become friends, which is in no way surprising: they have nothing to share together – not even hope.”

Ivan Turgenev

Suffering, Loneliness, Aging, Connection, Shared Pain

6. “If we truly care for others we need not be anxious about their feelings for us. Like draws to like.”

Andrew Carnegie

Relationships, Care, Connection, Friendship, Love

7. “Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.”

Andrew Carnegie

Emotion, Connection, Influence, Communication, Understanding

8. “While we’re living, we need to get over ourselves and accept others if we want to enchant people.”

Guy Kawasaki

Acceptance, Relationships, Influence, Connection, Humility

9. “Social media allows me to pick my times for social interaction.”

Guy Kawasaki

Social Media, Communication, Balance, Technology, Connection

10. “One must understand what people are thinking, feeling and believing in order to enchant them.”

Guy Kawasaki

Understanding, Influence, Communication, Psychology, Connection

11. “Every time I go and shave, I assume there’s someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, ‘I’m gonna go shave, too.’”

Mitch Hedberg

Shaving, Routine, Humor, Connection, Daily

12. “Presents, I often say, endear absents.”

Charles Lamb

Gifts, Memory, Love, Connection, Distance

13. “Friend of my bosom, thou more than a brother, Why wert thou not born in my father’s dwelling?”

Charles Lamb

Friendship, Longing, Companionship, Fate, Connection

14. “Oh call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold.”

Charles Lamb

Friendship, Love, Connection, Emotion, Warmth

15. “Spirits that have once been sincerely united and tended together a sacred flame, never become entirely stranger to one another’s life.”

Margaret Fuller

Connection, Love, Spirit, Bond, Eternal

16. “The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.”

Steven Wright

Friendship, Connection, Silence, Understanding, Comfort

17. “I get the most replies to my newsletter whenever there is a typo in there. This isn't true for just newsletters. This is true for life!”

Ankur Warikoo

Imperfection, Attention, Response, Reality, Connection

18. “If you truly know yourself, you will be able to know anyone else, through your own self.”

Ankur Warikoo

Self-knowledge, Understanding, Empathy, Identity, Connection

19. “At times all you need to know is that you are not alone in feeling what you are feeling.”

Ankur Warikoo

Connection, Emotions, Validation, Comfort, Understanding

20. “The day one is able to fix their relationship with themselves, they give themselves the opportunity to fix all their relationships.”

Ankur Warikoo

Self Relationship, Healing, Growth, Connection, Opportunity

21. “There is such joy in connecting two people who can help each other.”

Ankur Warikoo

Connection, Joy, Help, Relationships, Facilitation

22. “Make relationships at work. Be genuinely interested in people.”

Ankur Warikoo

Relationships, Work, Interest, Connection, Authenticity

23. “Do not wait for another moment to share what you felt in the moment!”

Ankur Warikoo

Expression, Timing, Honesty, Courage, Connection

24. “When you help others, you release oxytocin in your body. It is the same chemical released when you fall in love with someone. Think about that, for a second.”

Ankur Warikoo

Helping, Oxytocin, Love, Connection, Biology