Love

Peace begins with a smile.

Peace begins with a smile.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration?

Dreams are the guiding words of the soul. Why should I henceforth not love my dreams and not make their riddling images into objects of my daily consideration?

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

Eros will have naked bodies; friendship naked personalities.

Eros will have naked bodies; friendship naked personalities.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Abraham Lincoln