Courtesy of Henrik Edberg The Positivity Blog
“The giving of love is an education in itself.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“The more one judges, the less one loves.”
Honore de Balzac
“Love is so short, forgetting is so long.”
Pablo Neruda
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
“A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.”
Ingrid Bergman
“You’re always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.”
Diane Von Furstenberg
“Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’”
Erich Fromm
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Lao Tzu
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.”
Sophocles
“The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter’s oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives? When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see in truth that you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
Kahlil Gibran
“Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.”
Andre Breton
“Better to have lost and loved than never to have loved at all.”
Ernest Hemingway
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
Elbert Hubbard
“I found in my research that the biggest reason people aren’t more self-compassionate is that they are afraid they’ll become self-indulgent. They believe self-criticism is what keeps them in line. Most people have gotten it wrong because our culture says being hard on yourself is the way to be.”
Kristen Neff
“Love is a better teacher than duty.”
Albert Einstein
“True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.”
Erich Segal
“If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.”
Barbara De Angelis
“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”
Hubert H. Humphrey
“Every person has to love at least one bad partner in their lives to be truly thankful for the right one.”
Unknown
