Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
Interpretation
Love transcends time, erasing memories of origin and fears of conclusion.
This quote by Madame De Stael suggests that love is a timeless force, capable of nullifying our perception of time. When we experience true love, we are so absorbed in the moment that we forget the past and stop worrying about the future, encapsulating the feeling of being eternally connected to another person.
In practice
A wedding speech emphasizing the timeless bond between the couple.
When at eve, at the bounding of the landscape, the heavens appear to recline so slowly on the earth, imagination pictures beyond the horizon an asylum of hope, - a native land of love; and nature seems silently to repeat that man is immortal.
The more we know the better we forgive. Whoever feels deeply, feels for all who live.
Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.
The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
I love myself, therefore, I behave in a loving way to all people for I know that that which I give out returns to me multiplied.
It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.
She stood before him and surrendered herself to him and sky, forest, and brook all came toward him in new and resplendent colors, belonged to him, and spoke to him in his own language. And instead of merely winning a woman he embraced the entire world and every star in heaven glowed within him and sparkled with joy in his soul. He had loved and had found himself. But most people love to lose themselves.
It is in deep solitude and silence that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brother and sister.
I did not find him absurd. I saw he was kind, that he was on the verge of real love. I thought it would be nice for me to be in love with him, too.
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again. & great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Loved for ourselves. & even loved in spite of ourselves.
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