To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Love is to the moral nature what the sun is to the earth.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms without the aid of seasons.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-born American Philosopher, Poet, Painter, Theologian, Sculptor
I pray thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.
—Socrates (469BCE–399BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
—Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) French Catholic Religious Leader
The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.
—Mignon McLaughlin (1913–83) American Journalist, Author
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
Let me put it bluntly: anyone who says that money isn’t important doesn’t have any! Rich people understand the importance of money and the place it has in our society. On the other hand, poor people validate their financial ineptitude by using irrelevant comparisons. They’ll argue, “Well, money isn’t important as love”. Now, is that comparison dumb or what? What’s more important, your arm or your leg? Maybe they’re both important.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy—and that is life.
—Jean Anouilh (1910–87) French Dramatist
I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least…
I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then,
In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass;
I find letters from God dropped in the street, and everyone is signed by God’s name,
And I leave them where they are, for I know
that whereso’er I go
Others will punctually come forever and ever.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
—Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist
To love is to take delight in the happiness of another, or, what amounts to the same thing, it is to account another’s happiness one’s own
—Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) German Rationalist Philosopher, Mathematician
Know that without star or angel for their guide, they who worship God shall find him.—Humble love, and not proud reason keeps the door of heaven.—Love finds admission where proud science fails.
—Edward Young (1683–1765) English Poet
Love rarely overtakes, it mostly comes to meet us.
—Wilhelm Stekel (1868–1940) Austrian Physician, Psychologist
If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other.
—Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun
Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then will the faculties rise fair and full within.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
One who has not only the four S’s, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example… Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.
—Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish Novelist
It happened once that a youth and a maiden beheld each other in a public assembly for the first time
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
If you had it all to do over, would you fall in love with yourself again?
—Unknown
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship—never.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
—Pablo Neruda (1904–73) Chilean Poet, Diplomat, Political leader
I’m a lover of reality, not because I’m a spiritual woman, but because it hurts when I argue with what is. And I notice that I lose, 100 percent of the time.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
Love will find a way. Indifference will find an excuse.
—Indian Proverb
The heart that loves is always young.
—Greek Proverb
What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?
—Robert South (1634–1716) English Theologian, Preacher
Faith, like light, should always be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
Those that embrace the entire universe with love, for the most part love nothing, but their narrow selves.
—Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803) German Lutheran Philosopher, Theologian, Poet, Literary Critic
Love expands.
—Hugh Prather (b.1938) American Christian Author, Minister, Counselor
Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar