“Social interactions will happen again and again and again. It's statistically irrefutable. And if you learn how to get along with people a little bit better, you'll have a fuller life. A happier life.”— Karen Struck, Lloyd Gilyard, Jr., Dr. Aaron Glassman, Richard Schiff, imdb.com
“You build up relationships like that one after another, and before you know it, you have meaning. The more connections, the deeper the meaning.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Sometimes there's traffic in every lane, A galaxy of folks moving in the same direction. Peace to the kids asleep in backseats, Peace to the miracle of merging lanes, wherein we inch forward and learn to let each other in, & peace and patience to you, on your way home.”— Lin-Manuel Miranda, twitter.com
“People may forget what you said. But will never forget how you made them feel.”— Letitia Wright, twitter.com
“You’ll know the difference if you pay attention to how someone makes you feel. You’ll feel either drained or energized by them. Stick with the ones who energize you.”— Mel Robbins, twitter.com
“Be kind and gentle to people who come into your life today. Start with that.”— Yoko Ono, twitter.com
“If you send a sweet message, you will get sweet messages back tenfold. If you give out anger, you will get anger back tenfold. So just be careful. You are communicating more than you think.”— Yoko Ono, twitter.com
“Be thankful they don't know you too well. You can use that vacuum to be you and create what you want to create.”— Yoko Ono, twitter.com
“Be alone, and you will feel that it is better to be with people. Be with people, and you will understand that being alone is not so bad.”— Yoko Ono, twitter.com
“Avoidance and attachment - the easiest ways to find pain and struggle.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“The greatest compliment one can give to an open spirit and heart, is to be gentle, to reciprocate the energy bestowed, and to be honest if and when there is a shift in what can be given. This, is generosity.”— Joel L. Daniels, twitter.com
“Weird lesson of the year: when powerful and manipulative people want you to do something, they don't ask, but say 'I'd like you to...' It's now a red flag for me whenever I hear someone say 'I'd like it if you did x,' or 'I'd like you to do x,' etc. I've noticed that people who say these things usua…”— Susan Fowler, twitter.com
“Here’s why I will be a good person. Because I listen. I cannot talk, so I listen very well. I never deflect the course of the conversation with a comment of my own. People, if you pay attention to them, change the direction of one another’s conversations constantly. It’s like being a passenger in yo…”— Garth Stein, amazon.com
“You need to accept responsibility for your interpersonal interactions. That is the first step toward improving them.”— Patrick King, amazon.com
“My favorite posture is leaning. Shows I’m not having a good enough time to stand up straight, but haven’t given up entirely and sat down.”— Mike Ginn, twitter.com
“The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned.”— Steven Pressfield, amazon.com
“When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com