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"True Love in this differs from gold and clay, That to divide is not to take away. Love is like understanding, that grows bright, Gazing on many truths; 'tis like thy light, Imagination! which from earth and sky, And from the depths of human phantasy, As from a thousand prisms and mirrors, fills The Universe with glorious beams, and kills Error, the worm, with many a sun-like arrow Of its reverberated lightning."
"Perhaps it's true that love is eternal. But it's appearance changes all the time."
"The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the giving of love is an education in itself."
"I think our hearts are very chemical and we change the way we see people according to how we feel about them. That's what love is, in a way."
"Love is infinitely more endurable than hate."
"Love is the victor in every case. Love breaks down the iron bars of thought, and sets the captive free."
"The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet al the more astute theorists of love acknowledge that we would all love better if we used it as a verb."
"The capacity to love is tied to being able to be awake, to being able to move out of yourself and be with someone else in a manner that is not about your desire to possess them, but to be with them, to be in union and communion."
"The use of love is to heal. When it flows without effort from the depth of the Self, love creates health."
"Love is like quicksilver in the hand."
"Love is desire for knowledge."
"love be damned now as love was damned when it first arrived."
"Well had Solomon said,'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."
"I thought I'd love to be a gardener because I grew up with a vegetable garden and I love being close to the Earth and growing things. At my home in L.A., I have a great garden and I grow all kinds of things. I even have a worm farm! The worms help create organic compost out of kitchen scraps."
"The moral thing I should wish to say to them is very simple; I should say: "Love is wise - Hatred is foolish." In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other."
"Love is the law, love under will."
"Love is a game-yes? I think it is a drowning."
"The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or woman, it's what we lack in ourselves."
"... everyone has come to understand that unconditional love is a reality, but with as shelf life of about eight to ten seconds. [p. 110]"
"It's just the overall lack of privacy. I've always been a very shy person and so it invades that a lot. It goes with the territory so I'm very grateful to be able to do what I do. I love it and I love acting. I love being on set. I love the whole practice of filmmaking but the lack of privacy is hard. Fans are amazing because for the most part it's just love that they are sending to you. It's beautiful."
