Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgement of others.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity. It dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Men's vows are women's traitors!

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

I am never long, even in the society of her I love, without yearning for the company of my lamp and my library.

Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery.

Eternity is in love with the productions of time.

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together,but do so with all your heart.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space

Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.

One who has loved truly can never lose entirely.