Talcott Parsons Quotes

We all have burdens and we need to learn to carry each other's burdens, lighten each other's load.

Balance is key: I need to be successful in my career to feel fulfilled, be surrounded by people I care about to share it with, and have my health to be able to do the things I love to do!

Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

I have friends in Utah who care about me as a person, not for what I am. They'll call to see how my heart is, how my blood pressure is. That's important to me.

Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator.

The most obvious characteristic of science is its application: the fact that, as a consequence of science, one has a power to do things. And the effect this power has had need hardly be mentioned. The whole industrial revolution would almost have been impossible without the development of science.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

You cannot heal yourself. You cannot heal anybody else. We're designed to do this in community because we were created inside community for community by community.

HIV does not make people dangerous to be with. So you can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it.

Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts. For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.

We have seen that two heads are better than one when dealing with a mental health problem.

With any sort of major change we need to make in our lives, it's much easier to do it with other people. We succeed and thrive best when we work together and support each other. When we struggle alone, that's when the struggle can seem impossible.

Everyone I perform and tour with looks out for each other; we ensure we stay healthy.

It's nice to say or it's great to ask, are we limiting opportunities for women? But do we even have each other's support, frankly, on our way there?

It is okay to ask for help. I give help when others need it, and ask for help when I need it.

Society in its full sense ... is never an entity separable from the individuals who compose it. No individual can arrive even at the threshold of his potentialities without a culture in which he participates. Conversely, no civilization has in it any element which in the last analysis is not the contribution of an individual.

Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.

I refuse to be in this world by myself. I want an open commitment from the rest of the people.

For me one of the most important things is not feeling like you have to protect yourself if you're with a real friend.

A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles.

We don't turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

The positive emotions that arise in...unpromising circumstances demonstrate that social ties and meaningful work are deeply desired, readily improvised, and intensely rewarding. The very structure of our economy and society prevent these goals from being achieved.

Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities.

if one of us falls, we all fall