Quotes on Love

I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.

It's important for Asian American kids to see themselves in stories and to feel seen. They need to know that their stories are universal, too, that they, too, can fall in love in a teen movie. They don't have to be the sidekick; they can be the hero.

Being in love, she concluded, is simply a presentation of our pasts to another individual, mostly packages so unwieldy that we can no longer manage the loosened strings alone.

There is no harvest for the heart alone. The seed of love must be eternally re-sown.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.

There is no such thing as a faithless person; we either have faith in the power of love, or faith in the power of fear. For faith is an aspect of consciousness. Have faith in love, and fear will lose its power over you. Have faith in forgiveness, and your self-hatred will fall away. Have faith in miracles, and they will come to you.

Love has the patience to endure the fault it sees but cannot cure.

It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit. . . . No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest?

There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite themselves.

Love is everything. It is the key to life, and its influences are those that move the world.

The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

Hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing - but naked of human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a home of bricks - but homeless because of rejection.

Imagine what the world could be if we were on the offense with love instead of on the defense with hate.

Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever.

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.