This is the true measure of love, When we believe that we alone can love, That no one could ever have loved so before us, And that no one will ever love in the same way after us.

Love is like a flower-you've got to let it grow.

When you love you should not say, God is in my heart, but rather, I am in the heart of God. and think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have , so to speak , pawned a part of their narcissism.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

He whom love touches not walks in darkness

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

There was a time, when I blamed my companion if his religion did not resemble mine. Now, however, my heart accepts every form....Love alone is my religion.

The future for me is already a thing of the past -You were my first love and you will be my last

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

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

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Do you have to have a reason for loving?

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.