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.
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?
Work is love made visible. And if you can't work with love, but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of the people who work with joy
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.
Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
Jesus said love one another. He didn't say love the whole world.
Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.
Grief is the price we pay for love.
To say 'I love you' one must know first how to say the 'I'
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
Love is like a flower-you've got to let it grow.
Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.