Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you read more

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance read more

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

The greatest thing you can do for someone is to love them and show them how to love back.

The greatest thing you can do for someone is to love them and show them how to love back.

The ocean asks for nothing but those
who stand by her shores
gradually attune themselves to her rhythm
Charles Dickens read more

The ocean asks for nothing but those
who stand by her shores
gradually attune themselves to her rhythm
Charles Dickens in David Copperfield.

The head never rules the heart but just becomes its partner in crime.

The head never rules the heart but just becomes its partner in crime.

What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love.

What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love.

What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people read more

What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.

We can do no great things; only small things with great love.

We can do no great things; only small things with great love.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.