Love -- What Else?

If you have it [love],
you don't need to have anything else,
and if you don't have it,
it doesn't matter much what else you have.

- Sir James M. Barrie

Extraordinary Thing Called Love

The moment you have in your heart

this extraordinary thing called love

and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstacy of it,

you will discover that for you

the world is transformed.

- I. Krishnamurti

Love and Friendship

So long as we love, we serve.

So long as we are loved by others

I would almost say we are indispensable;

and no man is useless

while he has a friend.

-Robert Louis Stevenson

Kindness

Kindness trumps greed: it asks for sharing.
Kindness trumps fear: it calls forth gratefulness and love.
Kindness trumps even stupidity, for with sharing and love, one learns.

- Marc Estrin

Friendship and sharing

Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.
Love risks degenerating into obsession,
friendship is never anything but sharing.

- Elie Wiesel

Death and Love

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal; love leaves a memory no one can steal.

~From a headstone in Ireland

Gifts of the Morning

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.

- Marcus Aurelius

More Than a Feeling

Love is more than just a feeling:
it's a process requiring continual attention.
Loving well takes laughter, loyalty,
and wanting more to be able to say,
"I understand" than to hear, "You're right."

- Molleen Matsumura

Love - Mother Teresa Style

Do not think that love,

in order to be genuine,

has to be extraordinary.

What we need is to love

without getting tired.

- Mother Teresa

Don't Waste Precious Time

Death is a challenge.

It tells us not to waste time...

It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.

- Leo Buscaglia