Love Quotes

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

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"Learning to love well is the task of all our lives."
Thomas Merton
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"The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves."
Thomas Merton
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"Great love is not measured by the greatness of the gift, but by the extent of the sacrifice."
Thomas Merton
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"The test of the spirits is love."
Francis of Assisi
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"To love another person is to see the face of God."
Francis of Assisi
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"Take away the love and you will take away the laws."
Francis of Assisi
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"We are called to serve not from obligation but from love."
Francis of Assisi
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"Love is not only a feeling. It is a duty and a choice."
Francis of Assisi
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"We are therefore bound to love all the faithful in Christ as ourselves."
Francis of Assisi
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"The Lord does not measure us by our work but by our love."
Francis of Assisi
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"Blessed is he who loves much."
Francis of Assisi
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"Love so powerful that it costs us everything."
Francis of Assisi
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"God's love is the only force that can transform the human heart."
Francis of Assisi
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"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
Francis of Assisi
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"Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly."
Henri Nouwen
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"Love is the most powerful force for transformation in the world."
Henri Nouwen
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"We are sustained by the love that transcends all understanding."
Henri Nouwen
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"Love requires us to lay down our lives for others."
Henri Nouwen
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"Authentic love requires that we relinquish our need to control the other."
Henri Nouwen
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"Love is the recognition of yourself in another."
Rupert Spira
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"Love asks nothing and gives everything."
Rupert Spira
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"Love is the dissolution of separation."
Rupert Spira
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"Love is the ability to act in a way that serves the happiness of others."
Thomas Merton
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"Real love is not something you feel; it is something you do."
Thomas Merton
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"To love someone is to accept their freedom and encourage their growth."
Thomas Merton
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"Knowledge without love is merely empty noise."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"To love one's enemy is to defeat hatred itself."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"The heart that loves greatly suffers deeply, and this is grace."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"The heart's language is understood in every culture and age."
Dominic de Guzmán
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"The greatest revelation is that we are loved beyond measure."
Dominic de Guzmán