Love Quotes

The force that moves poets, philosophers, and ordinary people to extraordinary acts.

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"Love is not as important as food, but it is as necessary."
Bruno Bettelheim
B
"Love is the only force that can truly transform a human being."
Bruno Bettelheim
B
"The power of love is infinite."
Bruno Bettelheim
B
"To love deeply is to live deeply."
Bruno Bettelheim
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"A man may love a woman, but what he truly loves is the idea of her."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Desire is always the desire of the Other."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Love is giving what you don't have to someone who doesn't want it."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Love is the attempt to overcome the impossibility of relationship."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Love is always a love of something that does not exist."
Jacques Lacan
J
"What we call love is often a projection of our own lack."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Love begins where the illusion of understanding breaks down."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Love is the demand to be recognized by someone who cannot recognize us."
Jacques Lacan
"The act of loving is an act of self-abandonment."
R.D. Laing
"Grief is the price we pay for love."
R.D. Laing
"The experience of being truly known is the deepest human need."
R.D. Laing
"The deepest form of love is the willingness to be known completely."
R.D. Laing
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"Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality."
Victor Frankl
V
"When life itself becomes the question, love is the answer."
Victor Frankl
V
"Love is the highest goal to which man can aspire."
Victor Frankl
V
"The meaning of life is always found through giving and loving."
Victor Frankl
V
"Love and dedication make life worth living regardless of circumstances."
Victor Frankl
A
"To be loved is to be truly understood."
Anna Freud
A
"Jealousy in children is not a flaw but a sign of attachment."
Anna Freud
A
"To love someone is to accept all the versions of them they have been."
Anna Freud
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"A child learns to love by being loved first; empathy flows from having been truly understood."
D.W. Winnicott
D
"The deepest healing occurs when someone feels truly seen and accepted in their entirety."
D.W. Winnicott
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"Love is giving what you don't have to someone who doesn't want it."
Jacques Lacan
J
"Love is a response to the existence of the Other."
Jacques Lacan
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"Love is the most powerful force in a child's development."
Bruno Bettelheim
B
"The greatest act of love is truly seeing another person."
Bruno Bettelheim