Concepts Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.

— John Gay

Our dependence outweighs our independence, for we are independent only in our desire, while we are dependent on our health, on nature, on society,…

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

— Swami Vivekananda

Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity, and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatever.

— Joseph Addison

Understanding money is part of being independent. You can't be self-sufficient if you're relying on someone else.

— Amanda de Cadenet

The myth of self-sufficiency blinds us to the workings of other forces in family life. For families are not now, nor were they ever,…

— Kenneth Keniston

Being able to depend on someone doesn't mean you're dependent on them.

— Sarah Rees Brennan

“There can be no independence without a large share of self-dependance, and this virtue cannot be bestowed. It must be developed from within.”

— Frederick Douglass

“Being self-sufficient is not selfish; it is a need. Harming others or yourself is not selfish because it will never benefit the self; it…

— Elizabeth Cartwright

All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It's a matter of whether you see the self as fundamentally in relationship to other selves or not - whether you see the boundary…

— Gish Jen

No matter how much you want to be self-sufficient and alone, there is a natural human impulse to need something more than that.

— Jonathan E. Steinberg