Boundries Quote by Sharon Salzberg

“Push too far into independence and we disconnect and hurt each other. Then in a longing for togetherness, we seek each other out; fumbling…

— Donna Goddard

“There is a freedom that can be discovered in relationship, whether it be with spiritual community or with another individual, where something much bigger…

— Adyashanti

“Many of us find it hard to set boundaries and defend them because we fear doing so will cause rejection or abandonment. We may…

— Adelyn Birch

“When the impulse to share becomes obligatory, when personal boundaries are no longer respected, when only the shared space of togetherness is acknowledged and…

— Esther Perel

“When an individual trusts another sufficiently to expose the true self--the deepest fears, the hidden desires--a powerful intimacy is born.”

— Sarah Pekkanen

The intimacy of love absolves us of our guilty separateness.

— Mason Cooley

“Good boundaries, created by the use of good intimacy skills, keep a committed or intimate relationship lightly balanced between the needs of the individual…

— Anne Katherine

“The growth of intimacy will teach us how to love—both ourselves and the other person. If we will allow ourselves to practice the skills…

— Anne Katherine

“Beware of relationships that substitute intensity for emotional intimacy.”

— Adelyn Birch

“Knowing the true isolation of being marks the beginning of love for others.”

— Jack Sanger

“Love can be simply the absence of tension.”

— Will Advise

“The desire of intimacy is the desire to share one's innermost self with another”

— Dan McAdams