Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it
— A Walk to Remember, Chapter 12
Sparks conveys love's intangible yet powerful presence, echoing its ability to deeply affect our feelings and perceptions.
Wisdom Category
Love Quotes
Timeless insights about relationships, compassion, and human connection
15 Curated Quotes
Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction
— Wind, Sand and Stars, Chapter 8
This quote emphasizes the unity and shared vision that love brings between individuals.
We are most alive when we're in love
— Multiple Interviews and Essays
Updike articulates how love elevates our sense of living, interconnecting vitality and emotional fulfillment.
The art of love is largely the art of persistence
— The Art and Science of Love (1960)
Albert Ellis highlights the necessity of persistence and dedication to maintain and nurture love.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies
— Ancient Philosophical Texts (4th century BCE)
Aristotle describes love as a deep connection that intertwines two individuals into a unified entity.
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act 1, Scene 1
Encapsulates Shakespeare's wisdom on how to navigate relationships and life.
To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides
— Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS (2009)
Deborah K. Gould draws on the evocative sensation of sunlight to describe the encompassing fulfillment from giving and receiving love.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit
— Biography and Speeches
Ustinov highlights love's graciousness, portraying it as a continual process of empathy and acceptance that forms a positive habit.
The best thing to hold onto in life is each other
— As quoted in various interviews
Reflects Hepburn's belief in the importance of close, human connections in life.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend
— Strength to Love (1963)
King emphasizes the power of love as a transformative force that can turn hostility into friendship.
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides
— The Making of a Psychiatrist (1972)
David Viscott uses this metaphor to convey the warmth and completeness that comes when one experiences mutual love.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope
— Excerpts from her speeches
A powerful testament to the transformative and boundless power of love.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love
— 1 Corinthians 13:13, New Testament
Paul emphasizes that love supersedes faith and hope, highlighting its eternal and foundational nature in Christian teachings.
There is no remedy for love but to love more
— Journal entry, 1839
Suggests that the complexities of love can often only be resolved with more love.
Where there is love there is life
— Biography of Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi underscores the importance of love as a vital force that breathes life and vitality into our existence.