"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love."
-Sophocles
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."
-Aldo Leopold
"Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull."
-H. L. Mencken (1880-1956, American Writer)
"There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time."
-Edmond in Mansfield Park
"The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting"
-Charlie Chaplin
"To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret to greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe."
-L. Ron Hubbard
"Fortune and love favor the brave."
-Ovid (BC 43-18 AD, Roman Poet)
"Absence and a friendly neighbor washes away love."
-Proverb
"In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you."
-Billie Holiday (1915-1959, American Jazz Singer)
"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach..."
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"I love her and that's the beginning of everything."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"My mother loved children-she would have given anything if I had been one."
-Groucho Marx
"I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death."
-Thomas Paine (1737-1809, Political Theorist, Writer)
"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains"
-Ken Carey
"There is no remedy for love but to love more."
-Henry David Thoreau
"Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures."
-Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859, British Author)
"All love is sweet, given or returned."
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
"As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children."
-John Adams (1735-1826, Second President of the USA)
"Who loves me loves my dog."
-Latin Proverb
"So dear I love him that with him,
All deaths I could endure.
Without him, live no life."
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
-Henry David Thoreau
"Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures."
-Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859, British Author)
"All love is sweet, given or returned."
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
"As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children."
-John Adams (1735-1826, Second President of the USA)
"Who loves me loves my dog."
-Latin Proverb
"So dear I love him that with him,
All deaths I could endure.
Without him, live no life."
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
"We are all born for love... it is the principle existence and it's only end."
-Benjamin Disraeli
"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving."
-St. Francis De Sales (1567-1622, Roman Catholic Bishop)
"In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!"
-Orson Welles
"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
-Robert Heinlein
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
-Helen Keller
"Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth."
-William Blake (1757-1827, British Poet, Painter)
"If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work."
-Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist)
"We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses."
-Pablo Neruda
"If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you."
-Judy Garland
"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
-George Sand
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
-Lao Tzu
"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart."
-Honore de Balzac
"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile."
-Elizabeth Browning
"....A simple I love you means more than money...."
-Frank Sinatra
-Benjamin Disraeli
"You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving."
-St. Francis De Sales (1567-1622, Roman Catholic Bishop)
"In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!"
-Orson Welles
"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."
-Robert Heinlein
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
-Helen Keller
"Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth."
-William Blake (1757-1827, British Poet, Painter)
"If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work."
-Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931, Lebanese Poet, Novelist)
"We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses."
-Pablo Neruda
"If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you."
-Judy Garland
"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."
-George Sand
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."
-Lao Tzu
"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart."
-Honore de Balzac
"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile."
-Elizabeth Browning
"....A simple I love you means more than money...."
-Frank Sinatra
