Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
~ Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American writer & printer

The first duty of love is to listen.
~ Paul Tillich (1886-1965) American philosopher & theologian, German-born

We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place
in ourselves for those who love us.
~ Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
~ Martin Luther King  (1929-1968) American civil rights leader, clergyman, Nobel Peace Prize winner

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
~ Peter Ustinov (1921-) English writer, director & actor

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than
not to be able to love at all.
~ William Thackeray

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
~ Franklin P. Jones

Where there is love there is life.
~ Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian spiritual and political leader, called Mahatma "great soul"

Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'
~ Erich Fromm (1900-1980) German psychoanalyst & writer

What greater thing is there for two human souls that to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
~ George Eliot

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) American poet, essayist and physician

We pardon to the extent that we love.
~ Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French writer & philosopher

They do not love that do not show their love.
~ William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English poet playwright

The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
~ Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, philosopher

If you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud,
or the moment just passes you by.
~ My Best Friend's Wedding (American movie)

Never close your lips to those Whom you have opened your heart.
~ Charles Dickens (1812-1870) British novelist

To love at all is to be vulnerable. ~ Jack Lewis (1898-1963) British writer

Life in abundance comes only through great love.
~ Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915) American writer & printer

Fortune and love favor the brave. ~ Ovid (43 BC-c. 18 AD) Roman poet

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
~ Alphonse De Lamartine (1790-1869)

If you would be loved, love, and be lovable.
~ Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American entrepreneur, statesman, scientist & philosopher

Courage is like love — it must have hope to nourish it.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) French statesman and soldier (Emperor: 1804-1815)

A life’s worth, in the end, isn’t measured in hours, or dollars. It’s measured by the amount of love exchanged along the way.
~ Douglas C. Means

It is impossible to love and be wise.
~ Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English statesman, lawyer, philosopher & essayist

We can only learn to love by loving.
~ Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) Irish novelist & philosopher

Love does not analyze its object.
~ Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher & naturalist, author of Walden Pond

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.
~ Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978) American statesman

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
~ Francis Bacon (1561-1626) British philosopher, author

Love is the harmony of two souls singing together.
~ Gregory Godek, author of 1001 Ways to be Romantic