Defining Belonging

Here are a series of quotes about belonging. Choose three that speak to you specifically and look into the context of its origins.

1. Who said it?
2. Why was it said?
3. What does it teach us (you) about the concept of belonging?
4. Which part/s of your left hand does the quote link closest to? Why?
5. Which part/s of your right hand does the quote link closest to? Why? 

Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation ~ Albert Einstein

To thine own self be true ~ Polonius (Hamlet)

Belonging to oneself - the whole essence of life lies in that ~ Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom and fun ~ William Glasser

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! ~ Bible

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together ~ William Shakespeare

The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession ~ Mark Twain

I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world ~ Socrates

We may have different religions, different languages, different coloured skin, but we all belong to one human race ~ Kofi Annan

In union there is strength ~ Aesop