A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself – to laugh with me, but never at me; to cry with me, but never because of me; to love life, to love himself, to love being loved. Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time. It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.
Love yourself, accept yourself, forgive yourself, and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.
The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position.
I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate – it’s apathy. It’s not giving a damn.
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
Change is the end result of all true learning.
Don’t smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.
Don’t hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?
God made mud, God made dirt, God made boys so girls could flirt.
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
To live in love is life’s greatest challenge. It requires more sublety, flexibility, sensitivity, understanding, acceptance, tolerance, knowledge and strength than any other human endeavor.
Love creates an “us” without destroying the “me”.
Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever.
Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love.
Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.