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That LOVE is ALL there is
is ALL we know of LOVE
~ Emily Dickinson ~
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Of what is the soul made?
Of what is truth made?
What is worth living for?
What is worth dying for?
All of these questions have only one answer
... LOVE
~ Don Juan de Marco ~
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And now I will show you the most excellent way.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy
and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love,
I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor
and surrender my body to the flames,
but have not love,
I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
But where there are prophecies, they will cease;
where there are tongues, they will be stilled;
where there is knowledge,
it will pass away.
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
but when perfection comes,
the imperfect disappears.
When I was a child, I talked like a child,
I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man,
I put childish ways behind me.
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror;
then we shall see face to face.
Now I know in part;
then I shall know fully,
even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.
I Corin. 13:1-13
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Love everything
whether you like it or not.
~ Rev. Robin Gail ~
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Love is
the discovery
of ourselves
in others,
and the delight
in the recognition.
~ Alexander Smith ~
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Oh let us see the rainbow
Through all the drenching rain
And know "all things are passing"
only LOVE and TRUTH remain.
~ Marie Gray ~
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Love is
letting go of fear.
~ Gerald Jampolsky ~
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The Meaning of Love
Love is the only way
to grasp another human being
in the innermost core of his personality.
No one can become fully aware
of the very essence
of another human being
unless he loves him.
By his love he is enabled to see
the essential traits and features
in the beloved person;
and even more,
he sees that which is potential in him,
which is not yet actualized
but yet ought to be actualized.
Furthermore, by his love,
the loving person enables the beloved person
to actualize these potentialities.
By making him aware of the what he can be
and of what he should become,
he makes these potentialities come true.
from Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor Frankl
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Kahlil Gibran
On Love
Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love."
And he raised his head and looked upon the people,
and there fell a stillness upon them.
And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height
and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots
and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire,
that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you
that you may know the secrets of your heart,
and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.
But if in your fear you would seek
only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness
and pass out of love's threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where
you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter,
and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
For love is sufficient unto love.
When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart,"
but rather, "I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love,
if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires,
let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook
that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer
for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.
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For one human being to love another:
that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks;
the ultimate, the last test and proof,
the work for which all other work is but preparation.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~
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Love alone is capable of uniting living beings
in such a way as to complete and fulfill them,
for it alone takes them and joins them
by what is deepest in themselves.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ~
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Love is a fruit in season at all times,
and within reach of every hand.
~Mother Teresa~
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Love is
being happy for the other person
when they are happy
being sad for the person
when they are sad
being together in good times
and being together in bad times
Love is the source of strength
Love is
being honest with yourself at all times
being honest with the other person at all times
telling, listening, respecting the truth
and never pretending
Love is the source of reality
Love is
an understanding so complete that
you feel as if you are a part
of the other person
accepting the other person
just the way they are
and not trying to change them
to be something else
Love is the source of unity
Love is
the freedom to pursue your own desires
while sharing your experiences
with the other person
the growth of one individual alongside of
and together with the growth
of another individual
Love is the source of success
Love is
the excitement of planning things together
the excitement of doing things together
Love is the source of the future
Love is
the fury of the storm
the calm in the rainbow
Love is the source of passion
Love is
giving and taking in a daily situation
being patient with each other's
needs and desires
Love is the source of sharing
Love is
knowing that the other person
will always be with you
regardless of what happens
missing the other person when they are away
but remaining near in heart at all times
Love is the source of security
Love is
the source of life.
~ Susan Polis Schutz ~
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If you would be loved,
love and be lovable.
~ Benjamin Franklin ~
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Love has its own time, its own season,
and its own reasons from coming and going.
You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying.
You can only embrace it when it arrives
and give it away when it comes to you.
~ Kent Nerburn ~
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Love is
space and time
measured by the heart.
~ Marcel Proust ~
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The greatest happiness in life
is the conviction that we are loved -
loved for ourselves, or rather,
loved in spite of ourselves.
~ Victor Hugo ~
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Love is an energy -
it can neither be created nor destroyed.
It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life
and direction to goodness
... Love will never die
~ Bryce Courtney ~
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Love is always present,
it is just a matter of feeling it
- or not.
~ Kimberly Kirberg~
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All you need is love.
~ John Lennon ~
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The moment you have in your heart
this extraordinary thing called love
and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it,
you will discover that for you
the world is transformed.
~ J. Krishnamurti~
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When the power of love
overcomes the love of power
the world will know peace.
~ Jimi Hendrix ~
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Dance like there's nobody watching.
Love like you'll never get hurt.
Sing like there's nobody listening,
Live like there's heaven on earth ...
~ unknown ~
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