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Maya Angelou on Love

Love heals. Heals and liberates. I use the word love, not meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and that which causes the blood to flow orderly in our veins. ~Maya Angelou

Khalil Gibran on Love

Love possesses not nor will it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love. ~Khalil Gibran

George Eliot on Love

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. ~George Eliot

Henry Miller on Love

The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough is love. ~Henry Miller

Thomas Merton on Love

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. ~Thomas Merton

Vincent Van Gogh on Love

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. ~Vincent Van Gogh

Maya Angelou on Love

In the flush of love’s light, we dare be brave. And suddenly we see that love costs all we are, and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. ~Maya Angelou

Sharon Salzberg on Compassion

As we hone the ability to let go of distraction, to begin again without rancor or judgment, we are deepening forgiveness and compassion for ourselves. And in life, we find we might make a mistake, and more easily begin again, or stray from our chosen course and begin again. ~Sharon Salzberg