Basil of Caesarea Quotes

The more time you spend with somebody, the more your relationship grows.

I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect.

You never really meet a human being until you live with them or know them for awhile, so this is my clown and they understand that and so these interviews don't bother them.

I think you learn more about yourself in the context of a relationship than you can outside of it.

We all need somebody to talk to. It would be good if we talked... not just pitter-patter, but real talk. We shouldn't be so afraid, because most people really like this contact; that you show you are vulnerable makes them free to be vulnerable.

All those chemicals that create empathy only work when you are in a room together.

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours.

If you show you're human and have something to say, people will connect with you.

It's very hard to get the dynamics where two people can stimulate each other and be happy.

You've gotta share what's going on in your mind.

If we dare to come closer to our fellow human beings, we will be able to see and understand them better.

To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man.

What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic structures, concentrates its moist brilliance on another human creature!

Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.

I'm so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.

There is enormous value in face to face interaction.

In this world, conversations are negotiations for closeness in which people try to seek and give confirmation and support, and to reach consensus. They try to protect themselves from others' attempts to push them away.

It is indeed specially characteristic of the passion of love that it has the faculty of giving a perpetual flow to the interchange of sentiments and reflections in conversation.

I think one needs a companion at some point in life.

I love sharing my life with people.

My passion in life isn't politics. It truly is connecting to people and women.

I think that sharing experiences with a person is very valuable, because it allows you to have a bond to become closer.

I try to make really close bonds with people.

I find myself consistently drawn to writing about intimacy and the way we construct one another.

We don't fall in love with perfect people. We fall in love with complex ones.