Becoming Quote by James Hollis

“The paradox of individuation is that we best serve intimate relationship by becoming sufficiently developed in ourselves that we do not need to feed…

— James Hollis

We have to get good at being with ourselves before we can hope to be good at being in relationships with others.

— Shakti Gawain

It's true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We don't enter relationships hoping to create an extraordinary existence; we come to them to share one with someone else.

— Matthew Hussey

Sacrificing all our individual needs doesn't strengthen a relationship. Mutually supporting each others personal growth does.

— Ritu Ghatourey

By sharing we stand prepared to build relationships and give wings to humanity.

— Kishore Bansal

But I also think when we embark on intimate relationships, we make a basic human promise to be decent, to hold a flattering mirror…

— Lena Dunham

However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation - to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and…

— Derrick Bell

However self-sufficient we may fancy ourselves, we exist only in relation -- to our friend, family, and life partners; to those we teach and…

— Derrick Bell

From a spiritual perspective every relationship we develop, from the most casual to the most intimate, serves the purpose of helping us to become…

— Caroline Myss

We believe in satisfying our own needs but always considering others.

— Orson Bean

“When we continue to devalue our inherent needs, when we begin to reduce ourselves as a person in order to stay in a relationship,…

— Stephanee Killen