My favorite relationship quotes

Last Updated on 17/01/2024

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Discover my favorite relationship quotes that are so inspiring for maybe the most important part of our lives. Relationships are an essential part of our lives, no matter if it is romantic or platonic. They bring joy and happiness to us but also can cause pain and suffering. Yet, research has shown that good relationships are maybe the most important factor in our lives. Not only do we have better development and feel happier but also meaningful connections improve our health and longevity. So, creating and cultivating good meaningful relationships are important for our lives. And, as we all know the power of words, I share some of my favorite inspiring quotes about relationships.

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My favorite relationship quotes

These relationship quotes will give you insight into the importance of trust and the will to connect and communicate. Another issue is how to navigate through a broken or toxic relationship. And, of course, how to keep a deep connection with someone special. Whether you are looking for something light-hearted or more profound, these quotes will guide you.

C.G. Jung

“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”

— C.G. Jung

“Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.”

— C.G. Jung

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Relationships must be like islands, one must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits – islands, surrounded and interrupted by the sea, and continually visited and abandoned by the tides.”

—  Anne Morrow Lindbergh 

Gustave Flaubert 

“It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.”

—  Gustave Flaubert  

Paulo Coelho

“He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, although each of them had seem them differently. She knew his weaknesses, his moments of hatred, of despair. Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe.”

— Paulo Coelho

“The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don’t talk anymore, they don’t sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.”

—  Paulo Coelho

Leo F. Buscaglia

“…the opposite of love is not hate — it’s apathy. It’s not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must “feel” something … or they couldn’t possibly hate. Therefore, there’s some way in which I can get to them.”

— Leo F. Buscaglia

“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don’t over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.”

—  Leo F. Buscaglia

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Ernest Hemingway 

“The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”

— Ernest Hemingway 

Tom Robbins 

“When we’re incomplete, we’re always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we’re still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising.”

— Tom Robbins 

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Steve Jobs

“If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”

—  Steve Jobs

Dalai Lama

“Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.”

—  Dalai Lama

Gabriel García Márquez

“Nothing in this world was more difficult than love.”

—  Gabriel García Márquez

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Rainer Maria Rilke

“Only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn’t exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Eckhart Tolle

“A genuine relationship is one that is not dominated by the ego with its image-making and self-seeking. In a genuine relationship, there is an outward flow of open, alert attention toward the other person in which there is no wanting whatsoever.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Milan Kundera

“The only relationship that can make both partners happy is one in which sentimentality has no place and neither partner makes any claim on the life and freedom of the other.”

— Milan Kundera

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