Quotes on Acts Of Love

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.

This act of total surrender is not merely a fantastic intellectual and mystical gamble; it is something much more serious. It is an act of love for this unseen person, who, in the very gift of love by which we surrender ourselves to his reality also makes his presence known to us.

Prayer is first and foremost an act of love

My mother is not a model. She is not perfect. That awareness is part of learning to love someone. Predicting the actions of someone is an act of love. We persist, even when we get it wrong. That's the beauty of love.

It's forgiveness that makes us what we are. Without forgiveness, our species would've annihilated itself in endless retributions. Without forgiveness, there would be no history. Without that hope, there would be no art, for every work of art is in some way an act of forgiveness. Without that dream, there would be no love, for every act of love is in some way a promise to forgive. We live on because we can love, and we love because we can forgive.

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

"How can you see Christ in people?" And we only say: It is an act of faith, constantly repeated. It is an act of love, resulting from an act of faith. It is an act of hope, that we can awaken these same acts in their hearts, too, with the help of God.

Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.

The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.'

Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life.

As somebody who, in my second marriage, insisted on a prenuptial agreement, I can also testify that sometimes it is an act of love to chart the exit strategy before you enter the union, in order to make sure that not only you, but your partner as well, knows that there will be no World War III should hearts and minds, for any sad reason, change.

Everything we do is either an act of love or a cry for help.

We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.

Your work should be an act of love, not a marriage of convenience.

There is a striking resemblance between the act of love and the ministrations of a torturer.

you can't kill love. you can't even kill it with hate. you can kill in-love, and loving, and even loveliness. you can kill them all, or numb them into dense, leaden regret, but you can't kill love itself. love is the passionate search for a truth other than your own; and once you feel it, honestly and completely, love is forever. every act of love, every moment of the heart reaching out, is a part of the universal good: it's a part of God, or what we call God, and it can never die.

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love.