You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent read more

Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.

Lovers eminent in love Ever diversities combine; The vocal chords of the cushat-dove, The snake's articulated spine. Such elective elements read more

Lovers eminent in love Ever diversities combine; The vocal chords of the cushat-dove, The snake's articulated spine. Such elective elements Educate the eye and lip With one's refreshing innocence, The other's claim to scholarship. The serpent's knowledge of the world Learn, and the dove's more naïve charm; Whether your ringlets should be curled, And why he likes his claret warm.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's
what you are expected to give--which read more

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's
what you are expected to give--which is everything.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Just like you wouldn't give a book to someone who doesn't know how to read, don't give your heart to read more

Just like you wouldn't give a book to someone who doesn't know how to read, don't give your heart to someone who doesn't know how to love.

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom read more

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall;
A mighty love within my breast has grown,
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One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall;
A mighty love within my breast has grown,
Unseen, unspoken, and of no one known;
And of my sweet, who gave it, least of all.
[Fr., Ma vie a son secret, mon ame a son mystere:
Un amour eternel en un moment concu.
La mal est sans remede, aussi j'ai du le taire,
Et elle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su.]