Love Quotes

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

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"Love, in its highest form, is the subordination of self-interest to the common good."
Comte, Auguste
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"Love of humanity must be based on understanding human diversity and social interconnection."
Comte, Auguste
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"The union of two beings in one is the noblest expression of human attachment."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Misanthropy springs from a disappointed love of mankind."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"To love truly, one must first love oneself with honesty."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"To love one's enemies is the ultimate test of spiritual maturity."
Feuerbach, Ludwig
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"It is not enough for the heart to break; it must also bleed."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"In love, the individual becomes whole."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"Love is the feeling of unity with another."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"That which is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"In the end one must love something."
Nietzsche, Friedrich
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"Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer the soul blends with the divine."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"A genuine lover is one who can weep."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"Moderation is not approved of by young lovers."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"The ultimate expression of love is the willingness to die for another."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"Love between equals is rarer than diamonds in a coal mine."
Marx, Karl
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"The love of mankind is a duty."
Kant, Immanuel
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"Love requires mutual recognition between persons."
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
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"To be deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage"
Berkeley, George
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"The greatest act of love is forgiveness"
Berkeley, George
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"In love, the greatest gift is not possession but the freedom to choose."
Mill, John Stuart
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"In love, the greatest betrayal is the failure to be honest about one's true self."
Mill, John Stuart
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"In love, the greatest act is to see another person fully and accept what you see."
Mill, John Stuart
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"Love is the deepest need of human nature."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"In the evening of life, we shall be judged on love."
Kierkegaard, Søren
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"To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception."
Kierkegaard, Søren