Quotes about Love
I am quite sure that if we could but once approach the Most Holy Sacrament with great faith and love, it would suffice to make us rich. How much more so if we approach it often!
— Teresa of Avila
In order to profit from this path [of prayer] and ascend to the dwelling places we desire, the important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so, do that which best stirs you to love.
— Teresa of Avila
Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!
— Teresa of Avila
I say nothing to him I love him
— St. Therese of Lisieux
Love is a great thing, yea, a great and thorough good. By itself it makes what is heavy light; and bears evenly all that is uneven.
— Thomas a Kempis
For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
For if I am to love truly and freely, I must be able to give something that is truly my own to another. If my heart does not first belong to me, how can I give it to another?
— Thomas Merton
To Serve the God of Love one must be free, one must face the terrible responsibility of the decision to love in spite of all unworthiness whether in oneself or in one's neighbor.
— Thomas Merton
Love is a special way of being alive.
— Thomas Merton
O love-why can't you leave me alone? Which is a rhetorical question meaning: for heaven's sake, don't.
— Thomas Merton
To become attached to the experience of peace is to threaten the true and essential and vital union of our soul with God above sense and experience in the darkness of a pure and perfect love.
— Thomas Merton
Heavenly Father has a picture of you on His dresser. He loves you and will help you. Call upon Him.
— Thomas Monson