Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds, it dies of weariness of witherings of tarnishings.
Anais NinThere is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
Francois de La RochefoucauldLove is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
C. S. LewisI have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.
Leo BuscagliaDo not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Mother TeresaLove does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyGentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
Herman HesseThe greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
Brian TracyThe greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves or rather loved in spite of ourselves.
Victor HugoThe real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.
Mahatma Gandhi