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“From a religious perspective, loving one another is the highest commandment. From a spiritual perspective, loving one another is the wisdom of the ages. From a political perspective, loving one another is just the smartest thing to do. Plus, today it’s the only survivable option.”
Marianne Williamson (born 1952) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter (26 Nov 2019)
“I just can't stop loving you, I just can't stop loving you, And if I stop, then tell me just what will I do? 'Cause I just can't stop loving you.”
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'll begin not to love you Turn around, see me runnin' I'll say I loved you years ago Tell myself you never loved me, no And did you say she was pretty? And did you say that she loves you? Baby, I don't wanna know.”
Stevie Nicks (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My uncle jumped up from the desk, loving him more than he loved any other man in the world, and through him loving the lost nation, the multitude dead, and the multitude living in every alien corner of the world.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From a distance there is harmony And it echoes through the land And it's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves It's the heart of every man (Every man). It's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves This is the song of every man.”
Julie Gold (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The more the servant loves his Master, the less will he love other objects and they will decrease in number The less the servant loves his Master, the more will he love other objects and they will increase in number.”
Ibn Taymiyya (1263–1328) said by 1328 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I watch the boats go by As the evening colours of the sand The rain is bringing tears From my lover's land I watch the silver stars melt in love with the sea I cry to the wind: – Bring back my lover to me! -”
Mike Oldfield (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am not a dog lover. A dog lover to me means a dog that is in love with another dog.”
James Thurber (1894–1961) first seen 1939 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I Like Dogs", For Men (April 1939); reprinted in People Have More Fun Than Anybody (1994); slightly paraphrased in "And So to Medve", Thurber's Dogs (1955)
“Once my lover, now my friend; What a cruel thing to pretend. What a cunning way to condescend; Once my lover, and now my friend.Oh, you creep up like the clouds And you set my soul at ease. Then you let your love abound, And you bring me to my knees.”
Fiona Apple (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The lover is a monarch; two worlds lie at his feet; The king pays no heed to what lies at his feet; 'Tis love and the lover that live to all eternity Set not thy heart on aught else; 'tis only borrowed.”
Rumi (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How could one speak properly about love if you were forgotten, you God of love, source of all love in heaven and on earth; you who spared nothing but in love gave everything; you who are love, so that one who loves is what he is only by being in you.”
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I love you more than bears love honey, I love you more than Jews love money, I love you more than Asians are good at math. I love you even if it's not hip, I love you more than black guys don't tip, I love you like Puerto Ricans need baths.”
Sarah Silverman (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I found the love I've been looking for. It's a real love, it's a real love. Standing up behind an electric guitar, It's a real love, it's a real love. And all the time I was thinking no way. And all the time I never thought I'd say I found the love I've been looking for. It's a real love, it's a real love.”
Lucinda Williams (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Say, "Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me" (Hey!) Call me, "Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me" (Hey!) Oh-ooh, 알잖아 attitude 뭘 더 어쩌라구, the loudest in the room (Hoo! Hoo!) Just say, "Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me" (Hey!) Call me, "Lalisa, love me, Lalisa, love me" (Hey!) Oh-ooh, 알잖아 attitude 뭘 더 어쩌라구, the loudest in the room (Hoo!)”
Lisa (rapper) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With Christ, and like Christ, and not love our friends! Impossible! when He loves them so tenderly. Going into the fuller presence of Him whose very name is "Love" can never make our hearts less loving.”
Arthur Kenney (1776–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Is it true that all I ever write you about is painting and nothing else? Isn't there love in my lines to you and between the lines, shining and glowing and quiet and loving, the way a woman should love and the way your woman loves you?”
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) first seen 1901 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to her husband Otto Modersohn, from Berlin, 4 February 1901; as quoted in Voicing our visions, -Writings by women artists; ed. Mara R. Witzling, Universe New York, 1991, p. 201
“I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them. Why must we suffer? Because here below pure Love cannot exist without suffering. O Jesus, Jesus, I no longer feel my cross when I think of yours.”
Bernadette Soubirous (1844–1879) first seen 1873 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1873. Quoted in A Holy Life: St. Bernadette of Lourdes (2005) by Patricia McEachern, [//books.google.com/books?id=ESX7DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT18 ch. 2].
“Having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them to the end." Often had they been faithless; and now, while addressing them, He knows that they will all in a few hours forsake Him. Yet He trusts them; He commits His cause to their keeping. And we must love as He loved.”
Richard Fuller (minister) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A fat little kid doing magic in front of a stand-up mirror. 'Hey, kiddo, that's a good one,' his father could've said, but for reasons unknown, reasons mysterious, the words never got spoken. He had wanted to be loved. And to be loved he had practiced deception. He had hidden the bad things. He had tricked up his own life. Only for love. Only to be loved. (pp. 242-243)”
Tim O'Brien (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency, for its faith in the wisdom, justice, and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fighting for. I was never the same again; I wasn't my own man anymore; I was my country's.”
John McCain (1936–2018) said by 2018 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once I loved, and she I loved was darkened. Again I loved, and love itself was darkened. Vainly we follow the circle of shadowy days. The screen at last grows dark, the flutes are silent. The doors of night are closed. We go our ways.”
Conrad Aiken (1889–1973) said by 1973 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But the men marched believing they were behind McClellan. He was the only general Chamberlain had ever seen who was truly loved. The Rebs loved Lee, no doubt of that. And we loved Mac. Chamberlain thought: Two things an officer must do, to lead men. This from old Ames, who never cared about love: You must care for your men's welfare. You must show physical courage.”
Michael Shaara (1928–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To love one's work is a way of loving oneself, and leaves one freer to love other people. But beware the difference between loving one's work and being merely engrossed in it.”
Susan Sontag (1933–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Loving, we've been loving, but sometimes hate is better You can't keep out the killers with love, man Hating, we've been hating, but only love can heal up the hate ~ Nightfriends”
Steve Kilbey (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We Germans have learned from history. We are a peace-loving, freedom-loving people. For us, love of our native country, love of freedom, and the spirit of being a good neighbor always belong together.”
Helmut Kohl (1930–2017) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Kohl: German chancellor, European statesman" (October 1, 2012), Deutsche Welle
“Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.”
Merle Shain (1935–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we love God, we can't help but love our neighbors because we're going to respect them as our brothers and sisters. In fact, folks, if you stop to think about it, the only way in this world any of us has of loving God is by loving our neighbors.”
Robert H. Meneilly (1925–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love is not getting, but giving. It is sacrifice. And sacrifice is glorious! I have no patience with women who measure and weigh their love like a country doctor dispensing capsules. If a man is worth loving at all, he is worth loving generously, even recklessly.”
Marie Dressler (1868–1934) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: My Own Story (1934), Ch. 7
“Those that he loved so long and sees no more, Loved and still loves,—not dead, but gone before,— He gathers round him.”
Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) said by 1855 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jesus loved me and I knew not why. And I loved Him because He quickened my spirit to heights beyond my stature, and to depths beyond my sounding. Love is a sacred mystery. To those who love, it remains forever wordless; But to those who do not love, it may be but a heartless jest.”
Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) said by 1931 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I came knocking on your door a million times, and you laughed at me. You've been in love with something else your whole life, and this is a love-affair. And so, I'm not gonna get in bed with you. Because you don't love the spirit of justice. You loved your father, the Devil. You loved death. More than life. So you go with your father forever. And that's hell - separation from god. You go.”
Alex Jones (born 1974) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Alex Jones Show, "I Came Knocking On Your Door (Full Monologue)", 8 November 2016
“When we die, God will not ask us, "Did you understand me?" God will ask us, "Did you love me?" And if we did, the proof will be in how we loved our lives in love for one another. Or, as Jesus put it very simply, love one another as I have loved you.”
Edward Charles Malesic (born 1960) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Faith should be personal but not private, bishop tells St. James parishioners (1 June 2021) Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
“You know, I think everybody longs to be loved, and longs to know that he or she is lovable. And, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they're loved and capable of loving.”
Fred Rogers (1928–2003) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor (television documentary), 2003.
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
Paulo Coelho (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I seem to be the most wordy when it comes to monsters because I'm a bit of a monster freak. I grew up just loving all the Draculas. Especially I just loved watching all the Universal classics. And Bela has been my favorite ever since. I would say though that I have a new favorite Dracula here. I've always loved those movies. And it was such an honor to be cast with this role.”
Silvia Colloca (born 1977) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am the bond slave of my devotee. I love devotion. He who withdraws his heart from the world and loves me is my true lover and he merges in Me like a river in the sea.”
Sai Baba of Shirdi (died 1918) said by 1918 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The manic lover does not love his beloved as much as God loves the repentant soul.”
Nectarios of Aegina (1846–1920) said by 1920 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I, who conduct this inquiry, love something, then three things are found: I, what I love, and the love itself. … There are, therefore three things: the lover, the beloved and the love.”
Augustine of Hippo (354–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (Cambridge: 2002), Book 9, Chapter 2, Section 2, p. 26
“The way to turn an ex-lover into a friend is to never stop loving them, to know that when one phase of a relationship ends it can transform into something else. It is to acknowledge that love is both a constant and a variable at the same time.”
Gabrielle Zevin (born 1977) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (2022)
“Remorse is easy enough, but repentance means love; and a soul that has lost her Lover has lost her own power of loving.”
Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914) said by 1914 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Incomprehensible and immutable is the love wherewith God loves. He did not begin to love us only on the day we were reconciled to Him by the blood of His Son; He loved us before the world was made, that we too might become His sons together with His Only-begotten Son, long before we had any existence....”
Augustine of Hippo (354–430) said by 430 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the change of years, in the coil of things, In the clamour and rumour of life to be, We, drinking love at the furthest springs, Covered with love as a covering tree, We had grown as gods, as the gods above, Filled from the heart to the lips with love, Held fast in his hands, clothed warm with his wings, O love, my love, had you loved but me!”
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) said by 1909 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Soon we shall die and all memory of those five will have left earth, and we ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten. But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return to the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.”
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) said by 1975 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She did love us. Does.” “She loves you the way a drowning person loves somebody they can push down and climb on top of.”
Tim Powers (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of Love is on high, Beginning to faint in the light that she loves On a bed of daffodil sky, To faint in the light of the sun she loves, To faint in his light, and to die.”
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) said by 1892 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[To the tune of I Love You from Barney & Friends] ♫ God loves you, God loves me He wants you in His familyIf you'll ask Him now, He'll come into your heartAnd of His family you'll be part ♫”
Kent Hovind (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One has to trust that God loves you. He does not choose you because you are intelligent, beautiful or have other human qualities; He chooses you because he loves you and you have to trust in His love and I think this is the main principle and a very important thing for a bishop.”
Florentin Crihălmeanu (1959–2021) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Romania – The legacy of Catholic persecution: An interview with Bishop Florentin Crihalmeanu (21 November 2011) Aid to the Church in Need
“She doesn't love you because of anything — she loves. She doesn't care whether you are handsome or ugly, or old or young, or cruel or kind, or strong or weak, or conceited or humble, whether you drop your h's, or have nothing in the bank — those things are beside the mark, because she loves.”
E. V. Lucas (1868–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can a woman not keep her lover without she study to always please him with pleasure? Pew! then let her give up the game. Or shall my lover think with pleasing of me to win me indeed? Faugh! he payeth me then; doth he think I am for hire?”
Eric Rücker Eddison (1882–1945) said by 1945 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reason why God is so great a lover of humility is because He is the great lover of truth; and humility is nothing but truth, whilst pride is nothing but lying.”
Vincent de Paul (1581–1660) said by 1660 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Groundwork of the Christian Virtues : A Course of Lectures (1882) by William Bernard Ullathorne, p. 84