love quotes

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. ”

“Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.”

— Plato

“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”

— Plato

“
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
”

— Robert Anson Heinlein

“
Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
”

— Robert Anson Heinlein

“While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.”

— Roger Zelazny

“We are most alive when we're in love.”

— John Updike

“
Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
”

— Socrates

“I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding. ”

— John Lennon

“We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. ”

— John Lennon

“Everything is clearer when you're in love. ”

— John Lennon

“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal. ”

— John Lennon

“Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground. ”

— John Lennon

“All you need is love. ”

— John Lennon

“Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something. ”

— John Lennon

“Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.”

— John Lennon

“It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.”

— Saint Ignatius

“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”

— Martin Luther King

“Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

— Martin Luther King

“I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself, and every time I see it, I say to myself, hate is too great a burden to bear. Somehow we must be able to stand up against our most bitter opponents and say: We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you.... But be assured that we'll wear you down by our capacity to suffer, and one day we will win our freedom. We will not only win freedom for ourselves; we will appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process, and our victory will be a double victory.”

— Martin Luther King

“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time; the need for mankind to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”

— Martin Luther King

“You've got to find what you love and that is as true for work as it is for lovers. 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 what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking and don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you've found it.”

— Steve Jobs

“In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.”

— Salvador Dali

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”

— Aristotle

“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.”

— Aristotle

“Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.”

— Aristotle

love quotes

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet. ”

“To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way. ”

“Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.”

“No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return. ”

“There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.”

“Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.”

“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”

“
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
”

“
Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
”

“While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.”

“We are most alive when we're in love.”

“
Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
”

“I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding. ”

“We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. ”

“Everything is clearer when you're in love. ”

“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal. ”

“Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground. ”

“All you need is love. ”

“Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something. ”

“Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.”

“It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.”

“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”

“Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.”

“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”

“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.”

“Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.”