B. F. Skinner
Psychologist, Behaviorist
"What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa."
What Is Love quotes
What Is Love
28 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Honore de Balzac
Novelist
"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure."
Kendrick Lamar
Rapper, Songwriter
"What is love? Love to me is god."
Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"What is God? The eternal one life underneath all the forms of life. What is love? To feel the presence of the one life deep within yourself and all creatures; to be it! Therefore, all love is the love of God."
Anais Nin
Writer, Diarist
"What is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is."
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"If someone asks, But what is Love? Answer, Dissolving the will."
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"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung."
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"What is love? As far as I can tell, it is passion, admiration and respect. If you have two, you have enough. If you have all three, you don't have to die to go to heaven."
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"A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake."
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"Love! What is love? It's nothing. It's just a word. It doesn't exist. Only pleasure is important."
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"What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing."
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"Oh, to love what is lovely, and will not last! What a task to ask of anything, or anyone, yet it is ours, and not by the century or the year, but by the hours."
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