An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for love is measured by fullness, not by reception."
~ Harold Lokes
"Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as we feel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe air, we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us."
~ Guy De Maupassant
"All that we love deeply becomes a part of us."
That love is all there is, is all we know of love."
Che l'amore è tutto, è tutto ciò che sappiamo dell'amore.
L'amour est tout: c'est là tout ce que nous savons de l'amour.
Que el amor lo es todo, eso es lo único que sabemos del amor.
Que o amor é tudo, é tudo o que sabemos do amor.
~ Emily Dickinson"Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense."
~ Mark Overby
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
~ Leo Buscaglia
"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved!
That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly."
~ Leo Tolstoy
"La piu grande felicita e il primo bacio della persona amata."
"The greatest possible happiness is the first kiss of the beloved."
~ Perugina Baci candies
"Where there is great love
there are always miracles."
~ Willa Cather
"If you love all things, you will also attain the divine mystery that is in all things. For then your ability to perceive the truth will grow every day, and your mind will open itself to an all-embracing love"
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
LOVE - noun
"1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3. sexual passion or desire.
4. a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
5. (used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love? "~ Dictionary
"Love one human being purely and warmly, and you will love all. The heart in this heaven, like the sun in its course, sees nothing, from the dewdrop to the ocean, but a mirror which it brightens, and warms, and fills."
~ Richter
"Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."
~ Iris Murdoch"To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven."