Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.
Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.
The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate only love can do that.
Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
Don't aim for success if you want it just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.
Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.