Meaning Of Love Quotes - Page 3

• It is an old and ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way; and we grasp more fiercely at research, statistics, and technical aids in sex when we have lost the values and meaning of love.

  Rollo May

  Running, Sex, Ironic

  Rollo May (1969). “Love and will”

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• I have been contemplating the place and meaning of love in our lives and culture for years. When a subject attracts my intellectual and emotional imagination, I am long to observe it from all angles, to know it inside and out.

  Bell Hooks

  Emotional, Years, Imagination

  "Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

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• Sometimes, people end up thankful for what they mourned. You cannot achieve this state by seeking tragedy, but you can keep yourself open more to sorrow's richness than to unmediated despair. Tragedies with happy endings may be sentimental tripe, or they may be the true meaning of love.

  Andrew Solomon

  Grief, People, Suffering

  Andrew Solomon (2013). “Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity”, p.701, Simon and Schuster

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• The famous saying 'God is love', it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the meaning of love ought to have something of the 'otherness' and terror of God

  Charles Williams

  Love, Mean, Emotional

  Charles Williams (2016). “He Came Down From Heaven”, p.11, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• We grew to know the meaning of love. That is what allowed me and my family to stay close together.

  Martin Lawrence

  Together, My Family, Grew

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Venice, Blind

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 6, l. 36

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• A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.

  William Butler Yeats

  Love, Life, Dream

  The Countess Kathleen (1892) "The Pity of Love"

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• The course of true love never did run smooth.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Life, Summer

  'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 1, l. 132

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• I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

  George Eliot

  Love, Life, Valentines Day

  George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.615, 谷月社

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• One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Life, Relationship

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Feb 25, 2014

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• You know you're in love when you stop comparing.

  Mason Cooley

  Love, Romantic, Wedding

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• To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

  David Viscott

  Love, Friendship, Marriage

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• Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

  Erica Jong

  Love, Relationship, Marriage

  erica jong (1977). “how to save your own life”

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• Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

  Laozi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• But love is blind and lovers cannot see

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Venice, Blind

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 2, sc. 6, l. 36

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  Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Terre des Hommes ch. 8 (1939)

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• Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

  Paulo Coelho

  Love, Relationship, Anniversary

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 26, 2014

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• My love is deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, both are infinite.

  William Shakespeare

  I Love You, True Love, Wedding

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• Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Life, Relationship

  1595 Helena. A Midsummer Night's Dream, act1, sc.1, l.234-5.

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• No man can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned by a dog.

  Gene Hill

  Dog, Men, Pet Loss

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• We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capacity for independence.

  Fred Rogers

  Confused, Love Is, People

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.22, Penguin

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• If you love animals but think that veganism is extreme, then you are confused about the meaning of love.

  Gary L. Francione

  Confused, Animal, Thinking

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• No one can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes.

  Gene Hill

  Love, Friendship, Dog

  Gary Paulsen, James Herriot, Bill Tarrant, Gene Hill, Ted Kerasote, Lynn Stone “In Praise of Labs”

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