A Hug is one of the most basic ways two human beings touch. There is power in a hug. These 15 hug quotes express the meaning and importance of this simple human gesture.
A hug can break down barriers that sometimes words cannot do. At times, it can speak more than any words can say. We bond with a hug. We find comfort with a hug. We greet and separate from each other with a hug. We establish human contact and interaction with a hug. The beauty of a hug is in its simplicity. The gesture towards another human being, known or unknown, is easy. It costs nothing but a simple act of caring and kindness.
According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, the definition of a hug is : “to clasp or hold closely, especially in the arms, as in affection; embrace. To hold steadfastly, to cherish . To stay close to.
Human beings thrive on touch and often languish without it. We are social creatures. The simple act of hugging can lift a person and make them feel connected to someone else. When you embrace another human being, for those few moments, you have to let go of everything and focus on that hug.
-“You can’t wrap love in a box, but you can wrap a person in a hug.” unknown author
-“The world would rather hug than hurt you.” Hug Nation
-“Millions and millions of years would still not give me half enough time to describe that tiny instant of eternity when you put your arms around me and I put my arms around you.” Jacques Prevert
-“A hold-me hug in the ocean can make you feel all safe…until the dry-me hug, later, takes the shivers away.” Steve Wiesinger, from The Little Book of Hugs
-“A hug is two hearts wrapped in arms.” unknown author
-“Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.” Leo Buscaglia
-“A silent hug means a thousand words to an unhappy heart.” unknown author
– “Hugging closes the door to hate.” Tony Davis
-“Hugs, hand-shakes, even a good intentioned touch, transfers useful energy to boost the immune mechanism in the body.
– “If for every tear I get a hug from you, then I would cry forever.” unknown author
-“Oh I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time.” Drew Barrymore
-“A hug makes me feel happy.” Stephanna Lynn Barrett
– “I have a present for you, but I need to borrow your arms for wrapping paper.” unknown author
– ” A hug you feel the heartbeat. You feel this person is your brother, your sister as you grab them.” Caleb Shikles
The world is often a cold and distant place. We build walls around us to keep others at bay. In the process we often lose what is most important. We get caught up in battles to survive. We forget that we need to do more than just survive and exist. We need to live. This open and genuine gesture called a hug, can, if only for a moment, break down the walls that often separate us. A hug can momentarily bring two people back to the most basic reason for being.
What separates us from machines is not our intelligence and reasoning. It is instead, the ability to connect on a level that only a living, breathing being can feel and comprehend. The connection of touch and love is a basic need and part of ourselves that makes us flourish. At the same time it is an unexplainable, mysterious feeling, that no other can replace. Touch is water to our roots. A hug is one source of the water that feeds us.
