Just as a mother would protect her only child with her life, even so let one cultivate a boundless love towards all beings.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

The only love affair I have ever had was with music.

Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.

I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she'll kill me.

You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae.

The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.

To love beauty is to see light.

I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.

From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.

Anger begets more anger, and forgiveness and love lead to more forgiveness and love.

Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.

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.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

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.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.

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.

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

True love stories never have endings.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.

Love is friendship set on fire.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today!

It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony.

I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.

Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.

Jealousy contains more of self-love than of love.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

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.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

What is love? It is the morning and the evening star.

That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Music is love in search of a word.

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!

Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy.

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

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.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity.

Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no better time than now, this very Christmas season, for all of us to rededicate ourselves to the principles taught by Jesus the Christ. It is the time to love the Lord, our God, with all our heart - and our neighbors as ourselves.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

Love is a friendship set to music.

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

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.

I love a man with a great sense of humor and who is intelligent - a man who has a great smile. He has to make me laugh. I like a man who is very ambitious and driven and who has a good heart and makes me feel safe. I like a man who is very strong and independent and confident - that is very sexy - but at the same time, he's very kind to people.