Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others,
and the delight in the recognition… Alexander Smith.
Our love must not be a thing of words and fine talk.
It must be a thing of action and sincerity… I John 3:18.
There is no remedy for love but to love more… Thoreau.
Pure love is matchless in majesty; it has no parallel in power
and there is no darkness it cannot dispel… Meher Baba.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly
every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with
his eyes and his mind those virtues it possesses… Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Life is to be fortified by many friendships.
To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence… Sydney Smith.
Love is the only game that is not called
on account of darkness… M. Hirschfield.
We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a
precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave
it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on
by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to
really look after it and nurture it… John Lennon.
An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the
divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for love is
measured by fullness, not by reception… Harold Loukes.
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship
and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual
affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will
not be created for years or even generations… Kahlil Gibran.
Love is what happens to men and women who
don’t know each other… W. Somerset Maugham.
You know what’s the most terrifying thing about admitting
that you’re in love? You’re just naked. You put yourself
in harm’s way and you lay down all your defenses. No clothes,
no weapons. Nowhere to hide, completely vulnerable. The only
thing that makes it tolerable is to believe the other person
loves you back and you can trust him not to hurt you… Unknown.
We all want to fall in love. Why? Because that experience makes
us feel completely alive. Where every sense is heightened, every
emotion is magnified, our everyday reality is shattered and we are
flying into the heavens. It may only last a moment, an hour, an
afternoon. But that doesn’t diminish its value. Because we are left
with memories that we treasure for the rest of our lives… Unknown.
Love is not what we become but who
we already are… Stephen Levine.