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

I have seen only You, I have admired only You, I desire only You

Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.

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 a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

We are all born for love; it is the principle of existence and its only end.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.

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.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

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

Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.

Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

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

Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye

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

If a thing loves, it is infinite.