Approach Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.

— Veronica Roth

When inward life dries up, when feeling decreases and apathy increases, when one cannot affect or even genuinely touch another person, violence flares up…

— Rollo May

“People can immediately react in a sudden emergency, run away, yell, kick, and bite and try to protect themselves in some way. When the…

— Zoe McKey

When you are able to touch each other for the first time in many, many years, it's always kind of a shock.

— Celine Song

We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.

— Sharon Salzberg

When we try to control relationships by being manipulative or forceful in our ideals we often find we push the other person away so…

— Anonymous

“Once the fight-or-flight reaction gets triggered, the blood flows from our brain to our limbs, and our ability to think clearly diminishes. We forget…

— William Ury

“I think that in many cases people tend to expect the other person to respond to them in a positive way first, rather than…

— Dalai Lama

“If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation...It's simple: overspecialize, and…

— Motoko Kusanagi ⎯ Ghost in the Shell (1995

Whenever you create some sort of disturbance in the air, there's an awakening that happens, an opportunity for a conversation, an opportunity to build…

— Haaz Sleiman

Sometimes the intention is to shock us. But what is shocking first time around is boring and vacuous when repeated.

— Roger Scruton

When we are having a reaction there is emotional, and physiological momentum that can over run our good intentions.

— Senoraroy