Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

We can do no great things; only small things with great love.

We can do no great things; only small things with great love.

Those who love deeply never grow old.

Those who love deeply never grow old.

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last read more

For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose read more

I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.

How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to imagine the highest earthly felicity read more

How many young hearts have revealed the fact that what they had been trained to imagine the highest earthly felicity was but the beginning of care, disappointment, and sorrow, and often led to the extremity of mental and physical suffering.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

Mortal love is when sensuality is satisfied. True love is when love is sacrificed.

Mortal love is when sensuality is satisfied. True love is when love is sacrificed.

There is nothing enduring in life for a women except what she builds in a man's heart.

There is nothing enduring in life for a women except what she builds in a man's heart.