Quotes about Love

Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love

Now we will let the knight of faith appear in the rôle just described. He makes exactly the same movements as the other knight, infinitely renounces claim to the love which is the content of his life, he is reconciled in pain; but then occurs the prodigy, he makes still another movement more wonderful than all, for he says, "I believe nevertheless that I shall get her, in virtue, that is, of the absurd, in virtue of the fact that with God all things are possible.

He who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.

Passion excites, earthly wisdom cools, but neither this heat nor this coolness, nor the blending of the heat and coolness is the pure air of the eternal. There is in this heat something ardent, and in this coolness something sharp, and in the blending of the two something indefinite, or an unconscious deceitfulness, as in the hazardous season of spring. But this 'thou shalt love' takes away all the unsoundness and preserves the soundness of eternity.

When a person has found something which he prefers to life itself, he for the first time has begun to live.

This will be the most important decision of your life, the individual whom you marry.

Oh fair, oh sweet and holy as dew at morning tide, I gaze on thee, and yearnings, sad in my bosom hide.

Of course, parents are the most important people in a child's life.

Oh, let us love our occupations, Bless the squire and his relations, Live upon our daily rations, And always know our proper stations.

Authentic Christian living has its own order of priority in our lives: God first, others second, self third.

Christian life consists in faith and charity.

Just like sunshine affects others, when the life of Jesus invades your life, you become a loving person. The effect on others is amazing.