The way to heaven is within. Shake the wings of love-when love's wings have become strong, there is no need to trouble about a ladder.
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The way to heaven is within. Shake the wings of love-when love's wings have become strong, there is no need to trouble about a ladder.
I think love is the most misunderstood emotion in the universe. I don't think half the people know what real love is. And I don't think half the people on this planet have ever experienced it. If people experienced for one moment what real love is, we could never live the way we live with each other. We couldn't do to each other what we're doing. We couldn't ignore what we're ignoring. We couldn't allow it to be the way it is.
Loving consciously does not mean subjecting your relationship to endless analysis. It means something much simpler: paying attention. Noticing. This requires presence.
Once you have found yourself and accepted your aloneness, then the greatest blessing is to share the love that arises within you. Each new moment presents the richest opportunity to be loving. And you can share love in the simplest of ways. Be soft and gentle. Be caring and kind. Be loving in an ordinary way, without any sense of wanting anything back, Life offers you the most precious gift. The gift of allowing you to be present and share love.
Nothing beats love. Love is the greatest healing power there is; nothing else comes close. Not ancient cures, modern medicines and technologies, or all the interesting books we read or the wise things we say and think. Love has a transformational power.
So long as little children are allowed to suffer, there is no true love in this world.
People are afraid that if they let go of their anger and righteousness and wrath, and look at their own feelings-and even see the good in a bad person-they're going to lose the energy they need to do something about the problem. But actually you get more strength and energy by operating from a place of love and concern. You can be just as tough, but more effectively tough.
It doesn't matter what you all think, what you all say about me, because when I go home at night, the same people that I look in the face, my family that I love, that's all that really matters to me.
A heart filled with love is like a phoenix that no cage can imprison.
Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.
You have to have courage to love somebody. Because you risk everything. Everything.
But love's a malady without a cure.
Be wild and crazy and drunk with Love, _x000D_ if you are too careful, LOVE will not find you.
Life is very simple. What I give out comes back to me. _x000D_ Today, I choose to give love.
Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.
The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.
My main interest is in the promotion of human values. From birth we have a sense of affection and some sense of concern for others. We need to nurture it. Scientists have found that to ensure even physical health peace of mind is essential. People often think that love and compassion are only matters of religious concern, but in fact such values are necessary in all human relations
When you become a lover of what is, the war is over.
When you seek Love with all your Heart, you shall find its echoes in the universe.
Love is what we are; we don't get it from somebody, we can't give it to anybody, we can't fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.
Love is contagious. When I share love, it comes back to me multiplied. Love opens every door.
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