It is the one of the great secrets of life that those things are most worth doing,we do for others.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

The six things in life that never get boring are knowing and loving God, your neighbor, and yourself.

Earlier in my life I thought the things that mattered were the things that you could see, like your car, your house, your wealth, your property, your office. But as I've grown older I've become convinced that the things that matter most are the things that you can't see -- the love you share with others, your inner purpose, your comfort with who you are.

There may be no single thing more important in our efforts to achieve meaningful work and fulfilling relationships than to learn to practice the art of communication.

The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving.

I know who you are in your heart,' Andres said. 'That's all that matters.' And that was it. That was the moment. Now I knew how I would feel if I ever lost him. That was how you knew love. My mother had told me that. All you had to do was imagine your life without the other person, and if the thought alone made you shiver, then you knew.

He told me he wanted the chance to be in love again. He has no idea that being in love is bullshit. It's knowing someone down to their soul that matters. That's what love is. It's difficult and it's real and it doesn't change.

I thought of Matt. I thought of Yael. I thought of the decision I'd made on the plane to finally accept what I already knew in my heart to be true. I thought of the verse about what true love looks like—laying down your life for others.

To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.

Among Life's precious jewels, Genuine and rare, The one that we call friendship Has worth beyond compare.

That's quite something, to be loved by someone like Mrs Whatsit.