Quotes about Love
The prevailing mentality was that the Church must not be a Church of laws but, rather, a Church of love; she must not punish. Thus, the awareness that punishment can be an act of love ceased to exist. This led to an odd darkening of the mind, even in very good people.
— Pope Benedict XVI
Those who turn to the Master with open hearts will feel his power and experience peace.
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self.
— St. Augustine
Too late I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Too late I loved you! And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself, and there I searched for you.
— St. Augustine
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.
— St. Augustine
I was in love with loving.
— St. Augustine
What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.
— St. Augustine
Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all.
— St. Augustine
God has loved us as if there is only one of us
— St. Augustine
Late have I loved thee oh beauty so ancient yet so new
— St. Augustine
Love God and do whatever you please, for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved.
— St. Augustine
You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love.
— St. Augustine