True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is read more

True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is always some madness in love, but there is also always some reason in madness.

Fair and softly goes far.

Fair and softly goes far.

O you much partial gods!
Why gave ye men affections, and not power
To govern them?

O you much partial gods!
Why gave ye men affections, and not power
To govern them?

The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.

The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.

Man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Job v.7.

Man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Job v.7.

By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they read more

By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it.

Nothing can occur beyond the strength of faith to sustain, or, transcending the resources of religion, to relieve.

Nothing can occur beyond the strength of faith to sustain, or, transcending the resources of religion, to relieve.

The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.

The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.

The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It read more

The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.