Quotes about Intimacy
When we are securely rooted in personal intimacy with the source of life, it will be possible to remain flexible without being relativistic, convinced without being rigid, willing to confront without being offensive, gentle and forgiving without being soft, and true witnesses without being manipulative.
— Henri Nouwen
May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love!
— Henry David Thoreau
One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then.
— Henry David Thoreau
What men call good fellowship is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter which lie close together to keep each other warm.
— Henry David Thoreau
Whether you see Him at work is irrelevant to the fact of God's presence in our world. He is actively and intimately involved in both the affairs of this world and the details of your life.
— Henry Blackaby
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
— Henry Ward Beecher
A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man.
— Leonard Ravenhill
there is a world of difference between knowing the Word of God and knowing the God of the Word.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.
— Brene Brown
I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
— Zig Ziglar
We did not go right to sleep but talked until late into the night. There was so much to tell one another, so many questions on my mind.
— Janette Oke
His eyes fixed on mine for an instant, then he turned back to the fire.
— Janette Oke