Intimate Quotes

726 Intimate quotes by 594 unique authors

Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanized private file and library. It needs a name, and, to coin one… — Vannevar Bush
The intimate relation between humor and faith is derived from the fact that both deal with the incongruities of our existence. Laughter is our reaction… — Reinhold Niebuhr
This is an extraordinary book of unique psychological power. It reveals not only scholarship and sophistication of the author, but deep and intimate knowledge of… — Stanislav Grof
Three of the four elements are shared by all creatures, but fire was a gift to humans alone. Smoking cigarettes is as intimate as we… — Tom Robbins
By giving words to these intimate experiences I can make my life available to others. — Henri Nouwen
It's funny how intimate it feels to get a text. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
Whenever anyone grows tired of the secondhand sort of existence that depends on purchased products, and wants to resume the intimate relationship with nature that… — Euell Gibbons
I want to get a real sense of intimate connection with each of the animals - with that particular lion or elephant in front of… — Nick Brandt
Eye contact is way more intimate than words will ever be. — Faraaz Kazi
Above all else, we seek connection - with parts of ourselves that we have repressed, with other people, and with the larger universe. We cannot… — Harville Hendrix
Let's dare to enter into an intimate relationship with God without fear, trusting that we will receive love and always more love. — Henri Nouwen
My intimate knowledge of many central African tribes has everywhere convinced me of the necessity that the Negro does not respect treaties but only brute… — Frantz Fanon
A community is made up of intimate relationships among diversified types of individuals--a kinship group, a local group, a neighborhood, a village, a large family. — Carroll Quigley
When I get intimate with my paintings, it's a real good spiritual thing to get off my chest. Same as playing the instruments is a… — Ronnie Wood
When we speak of being vulnerable, it suggests being especially vulnerable to pain. People for whom personal dignity and self-sufficiency are everything, do all they… — May Sarton
Food and sex have been bound together for a long time. I guess this is due to the intimate connection between the two most powerful… — Ori Hofmekler
It is not easy to enter into the silence and reach beyond the many boisterous and demanding voices of our world and to discover there… — Henri Nouwen
The love of God is one of the great realities of the universe, a pillar upon which the hope of the world rests. But it… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Parks and gardens are the quintessential intimate landscapes. People use them all the time, leaving their energy and memories behind. It's what's left behind that… — Michael Kenna
All couples must bear the strain of getting acquainted, having been, up to then, merely intimate. — Peter De Vries
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be… — Henry David Thoreau
Design is a process - an intimate collaboration between engineers, designers, and clients. — Henry Dreyfuss
Life is war, and marriage provides us with a close and intimate ally with whom we may wage this war. The battle requires bold love,… — Dan B. Allender
Where a blood relation sobs, an intimate friend should choke up, a distant acquaintance should sigh, a stranger should merely fumble sympathetically with his handkerchief. — Mark Twain

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