Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves. ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly. ~ Sam Keen An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as a 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 Gib & Rob Cella Love is a gift of one's inner most soul to another so both can be whole ~ Tea Rose Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you. ~ Kent Nerburn