CURATED COLLECTION

Staying Connected in a Disconnected World

We have never been more reachable or more isolated — on what real human connection actually requires.

50 quotes found

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If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

—Mother TeresaCatholic Nun & Founder

Late Modern ERA • South Asia

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The only warmth in this world comes from the warmth of human contact.

—Maria DąbrowskaNovelist

Post-War ERA • Eastern Europe

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My goal is to have a world where every child can survive and thrive.

—Bill GatesEntrepreneur & Philanthropist

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The whole world is looking for love, and it's looking for a way to express it.

—Sade AduScholar & Thinker

Late Modern ERA • West Africa

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A deep sense of human brotherhood was the one thing that united us.

—Bessie HeadNovelist

Post-War ERA • Southern Africa

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We were of the earth, our roots deep, our spirits tied to the soil.

—Joseph ZobelNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Caribbean

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Even if we don't speak, we feel. And we want to be heard.

—Junot DíazNovelist

Contemporary ERA • Caribbean

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America is not a land of strangers, but a land of brothers.

—Carlos BulosanWriter & Activist

Early Modern ERA • Southeast Asia

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We write to make sense of the world, to give voice to the voiceless.

—Yvonne VeraNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Southern Africa

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Beneath the make‑up and behind the smile, I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

—Marilyn MonroeActress

Post-War ERA • North America

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Our village was small, simple, a world entire, oblivious to outside tumult.

—Tayeb SalihNovelist

Post-War ERA • North Africa

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Oh, that my monk's robe were wide enough to gather up all the suffering in the world.

—RyokanPoet

Enlightenment ERA • East Asia

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No one can be authentically human while he prevents others from being so.

—Paulo FreirePhilosopher

Post-War ERA • Latin America

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Even if we don't understand each other, we have to try to understand each other.

—Haruki MurakamiNovelist

Contemporary ERA • East Asia

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A stranger is always a guest in a world that does not know his name.

—Safi al-Din al-HilliPoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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Home is where the heart is. I never had a home where my heart was.

—Sandra CisnerosAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The artist must cry with his generation, and if he doesn't cry, he's not an artist.

—Federico García LorcaPoet & Playwright

Early Modern ERA • Southern Europe

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Ending sexual violence in conflict is a priority for human dignity and global peace.

—Zainab BanguraDiplomat & Politician

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom, and peace.

—Ho Chi MinhRevolutionary & President

Post-War ERA • Southeast Asia

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My fans mean the world to me. Without them, there is no Davido.

—DavidoScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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