Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
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Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.
One would always want to think of oneself as being on the side of love, ready to recognize it and wish it well -but, when confronted with it in others, one so often resented it, questioned its true nature, secretly dismissed the particular instance as folly or promiscuity. Was it merely jealousy, or a reluctance to admit so noble and enviable a sentiment in anyone but oneself?
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.
Love is everything. It is the key to life, and its influences are those that move the world.
Love is not a business. It's not a transaction. It's not an exchange or something you get for doing something it's not a trade. It's a gift!
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
Like a river flows surely to the sea/Darling so it goes/Some things are meant to be/Take my hand, take my whole life too/For I can't help falling in love with you.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
One word _x000D_ _x000D_ Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:_x000D_ _x000D_ That word is love.
Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
Love is eternal, the aspect may change, but not the essence.
Lust is what keeps you wanting to do it even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you want to be with each other even when you have no desire to do it.
There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
The greatest science in the world; in heaven and on earth; is love.
I love you also means I love you more than anyone loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that no one loves you, or has loved you, or will love you, and also, I love you in a way that I love no one else, and never have loved anyone else, and never will love anyone else.
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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