Quotes about Love
Our best efforts at changing society will fall short unless the church can teach the world how to love.
— Philip Yancey
Families are the bedrock of our society.
— Hillary Clinton
Neither the Christian attitude of love for all mankind nor humane hopes for an organized society must cause us to forget that the 'human stratum' may not be homogeneous.
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.
— Anonymous
Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!
— St. Francis Of Assisi
The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love.
— Edith Stein
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.
— Teresa of Avila
A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.
— John of the Cross
Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.
— John of the Cross
For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.
— CS Lewis
I, God, am in your midst. Whoever knows me can never fall. Not in the heights, nor in the depths, nor in the breadths. For I am love, which the vast expanses of evil can never still.
— Hildegard of Bingen