Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

For you see, each day I love you more Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.

For you see, each day I love you more Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.

My heart I fain would ask thee
What then is Love? say on.
"Two souls and one read more

My heart I fain would ask thee
What then is Love? say on.
"Two souls and one thought only
Two hearts that throb as one."
[Ger., Mein Herz ich will dich fragen,
Was ist denn Liebe, sag?
"Zwei Seelen und ein Gedanke,
Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag."

But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.

But surely for everything you have to love you have to pay some price.

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love.

What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love.

Speak to me of love,
said St Francis to
the almond tree,
and the tree blossomed.

Speak to me of love,
said St Francis to
the almond tree,
and the tree blossomed.