“We must come to understand the deep mutual connection or kinship between the various forms of our spirituality. We must recollect our original spiritual and moral substance, which grew out of the same essential experience of humanity. I believe that this is the only way to achieve a genuine renewal of our sense of responsibility for ourselves and for the world. And at the same time, it is the only way to achieve a deeper understanding among cultures that will enable them to work together in a truly ecumenical way to create a new order for the world.” WorldWayBelieveAgeTogetherSpiritualFormHumanityOrderCultureSpiritualityI BelieveUnderstandingResponsibilityMoralAchieveGrewEssentialsConnectionsOriginalsVariousDeeperGenuineSubstanceWorking TogetherMutualNew AgeRenewalKinshipSense Of ResponsibilityDeeper Understanding Author:Vaclav Havel
“As things grew for me I felt like I was losing myself and wanted to stay true to myself as well. I didn't want to lose any connection I had with the audience. I felt small on a big stage and I felt like I was peaking generically to an audience.” WantWellsBigsWantedFeltLosesAudienceStageGrewLosingConnectionsStay TrueTrue To MyselfLosing MyselfPeaking Author:Jason Mraz
“I grew up in the church and had religion in my life for a long time. I'm not really a church goer, but I definitely have a hunger for a spiritual connection to the world and for my soul to be healed.” WorldLongSoulSpiritualChurchGrewGrew UpLong TimeConnectionsHungerMy SoulHealedSpiritual Connection Author:Wes Bentley
“All I know about 1970s New York City is that it's where I grew up, and you always have an umbilical connection to the time and place of your growing up. It was cheap, didn't have too many people in it, you could go to the movies or whatever on the spur of the moment, you could get by without working too much and especially without involving yourself in the corporate world.” PeopleKnowsWorldMomentsCitiesGrowing UpToo MuchGrowingNew YorkGrewGrew UpConnectionsCorporateNew York CityInvolvingSpursCorporate WorldToo Much WorkSpur Of The Moment Author:Luc Sante
“My wife Jennifer's family is all from there. Jennifer grew up there, so we have personal ties forever - her mom, dad, her brother, her twin brother - so, there's certainly a personal connection there that will also be there. Also, even though I grew up in Omaha, I feel like I really grew up in Milwaukee.” FeelsForeverWifeBrotherGrewMomDadGrew UpConnectionsMy WifeTiesTwinsJenniferOmahaMilwaukeePersonal ConnectionTwin BrotherMom Dad Author:Peter Buffett
“It's very rare that you get to play a character over the course of so many films. Bella meant a lot to me and she will always be such a formative event in my career. I grew up with her and she and I have been on this great journey together. I also see many parallels between her evolution and my own because I lived through so many things along the way while playing Bella and having this connection to so many people involved in making the films over the years. It would be impossible for me to separate my world from Bella's.” PeopleWorldWayYearsHas BeensPlayCharacterWould BeTogetherFilmCoursesMy OwnCareersImpossibleJourneyEventsGrewEvolutionInvolvedGrew UpConnectionsParallelsGreat JourneysJourney Together Author:Kristen Stewart
“Spirit is love, spirit is connection, inclusive, and that's what I'm interested in, and that's what moved me. That's what I got more and more into as I grew up and as I was in college in the 60's with consciousness raising and other kind of things, gestalt psychology etc.” KindSpiritConsciousnessPsychologyCollegeGrewGrew UpConnectionsMovedEtcGestalt Author:Surya Das
“The Swedish folk music - I can't hear any connection between my music and fiddle tunes, but I guess since I grew up with that, kind of, Swedish tone or harmony.” KindI CanGrewGrew UpConnectionsHarmonyFolksToneTunesFolk MusicFiddleSwedish Author:Gustav Ejstes
“I grew up as a dancer, and music and dance are so closely tied, that in ballet class you're listening to all this classical music, and in modern class you're working with a live drummer. It was something that always made me feel really comfortable and I've had a connection to since the beginning.” FeelsMadeClassModernListeningGrewComfortableGrew UpConnectionsDancerBalletTiedClassical MusicDrummerMusic And DanceBallet Class Author:Jillian Hervey
“I grew up as a Roman Catholic, and as a very young boy I felt the presence of divinity in my life through the experiences that I had in connection with the Catholic church.” YoungFeltChurchBoysGrewGrew UpConnectionsCatholicDivinityCatholic ChurchRoman Catholic Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I would hate to think I'm promoting sadness as an aesthetic. But I grew up in not just a family but a town and a culture where sadness is something you're taught to feel shame about. You end up chronically desiring what can be a very sentimental idea of love and connection. A lot of my work has been about trying to make a space for sadness.” ThinkingFeelsTryingHas BeensIdeasEndsHateCultureSpaceSadnessTaughtGrewGrew UpConnectionsTownsShameAestheticSentimentalPromoting Author:Mike Mills
“I just have this deep kind of connection to reality of being like... in a way, I feel like a dock worker. I want to stay in connection with my dock-worker side, 'cause that's how I grew up.” WayWantFeelsKindRealityCausesSidesGrewGrew UpConnectionsWorkersDocks Author:Eddie Vedder
“And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his fingertips. No man had touched the seed, or lusted for the growth. Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or curses.” MenEarthPastGrowthPrayerLandGrewConnectionsDiedHotRaisedFingersSeedsBreadHatedCurseTouchedIronBoresCropsFingertips Book:The Grapes of Wrath Source: The Grapes of Wrath
“It was something every child knew how to do, maintain a direct and full connection with the world. Somehow you forgot about it as you grew up, and had to learn it again.” WorldChildrenGrewGrew UpDirectConnections Book:The Marriage Plot: A Novel Source: The Marriage Plot: A Novel
“My mother was very involved with me. And we had a dialogue constantly. And it was like an umbilical cord. As long as the words were flowing back and forth we were connected and feeding each other. And I probably grew up very afraid of losing that connection.” LongMotherFamilyGrewInvolvedGrew UpLosingConnectionsConnectedDialogueFeedingBack And ForthCordsUmbilical Cord Author:Howard Stern