“It turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you'll stand.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Being engaged in some way for the good of the community, whatever that community, is a factor in a meaningful life. We… — Patricia Churchland Copy Share Image
The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to "the sweetness of belonging," is acceptance -… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Karl Johnson, my first piano player at Milt Trenier's, he just swung really hard and gave me a sense of really belonging… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
“There are more kinds of belonging than you know, Ronit, my joy. The world is not so easily categorized as you might… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
God is not related to creatures as though belonging to a different "genus," but as transcending every "genus," and as the principle… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
“What song, what home, what calm or one clarity can I not quite come to, never quite see: this field, this sky,… — Christian Wiman Copy Share Image
The dynamism of any diverse community depends not only on the diversity itself but on promoting a sense of belonging among those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Belonging is for becoming . . . if for some reason it becomes stifling, then the person may have to take the… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“He’s the type of person who loves the idea of being an outsider because he thinks by not belonging it makes him… — Lisa O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“We arrive and depart this life alone. Every moment in-between is a unique opportunity to experience as much love and belonging as… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
I think what hurts the most is that I just really want to belong. I want to stand inside the circle of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We are born free as creatures of bliss, compassion, friendliness, innocence and curiosity. Among us, there is a tremendous love and natural… — Georgi Y. Johnson Copy Share Image
“True belonging is not passive. It's not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It's not fitting in or pretending… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
After I tasted success with erotic thrillers, a time came when I was being offered only films belonging to that genre. The… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
“Whatever the scenario, our need for love and belonging can be so strong that it blinds us to our most valuable talents… — Marsha Sinetar Copy Share Image
“Our culture values independence and isolation far too much, it seems to me--we have a hard time making ourselves part of things,… — Tom Walsh Copy Share Image
I'm still a researcher. The best way to explain it is that I trusted myself deeply as a professional, but I did… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Traumatic events destroy the sustaining bonds between individual and community. Those who have survived learn that their sense of self, of worth,… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“I have reveled in my littleness and irresponsibility. It has relieved me of the harassing desire to live, I feel content to… — W.N.P. Barbellion Copy Share Image
Our present culture, however, specializes in inflaming endless lust for possessions with advertisements that constantly convince us that we need more (particularly… — Marva Dawn Copy Share Image
So multifarious are the different classes of truths, and so multitudinous the truths in each class, that it may be undoubtingly affirmed… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
There are countries in which public establishments are considered by the government as its own personal affair, so that it admits persons… — Gustave de Beaumont Copy Share Image
“Most people cannot stand being alone for long. They are always seeking groups to belong to, and if one group dissolves, they… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Bean could see the hunger in their eyes. Not the regular hunger, for food, but the real hunger, the deep hunger, for… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The hunger to belong is not merely a desire to be attached to something. It is rather sensing that great transformation and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating falsehood. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? Is love this safety I feel in our… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to convince people who are under the influence of ideological bigotry that whose whom they regard as belonging… — Louis J. Halle Copy Share Image
“My mother’s psychic says, everyone essentially wants the same thing as everyone else, a sense of belonging, a coming home.” — Ada Limon Copy Share Image
The good life is best construed as a matrix that includes happiness, occasional sadness, a sense of purpose, playfulness, and psychological flexibility,… — Robert Biswas-Diener Copy Share Image
I hate belongings. I hate clutter. It really bothers me because I can't think properly. If you've got distractions in front of… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
The spiritual is inclusive. It is the deepest sense of belonging and participation.We all participate in the spiritual at all times, whether… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
“according to the psychologist irving Janis, is that our sense of belonging (which makes us feel safe) blinds us to dangers and… — Margaret Heffernan Copy Share Image
Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it's also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
When I was a young artist, I liked and was interested in belonging to the mainstream comics group. I didnt introduce myself… — David Mazzucchelli Copy Share Image
The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date. — Gerhard Schroder Copy Share Image
The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it,… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image