Being Loved – Quotes

and it was always

and it was always without pretensions of loving or being loved although always in the hope of finding something that resembled love but without the problems of love. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I think for me, happiness is crucial, but I think we think that happiness comes from amassing goods and getting things and being loved and being successful, when in fact my experience of happiness comes when you give everything away, when you serve people, when you’re watching something you do make somebody happy, that’s when … Read more

Love is a game

Love is a game that two can play and both win. Eva Gabor

Most people see the

Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one’s capacity to love. Hence the problem to them is how to be loved, how to be lovable. Erich Fromm

You reach a point

You reach a point in life where you realize that you might as well do what you need to do, because your being loved or not being loved is really a function of the people you encounter and not of yourself. That is an immensely liberating insight. Erica Jong

Love is everything it’s

Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. Erica Jong

And the trouble is,

And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong

I will say this

I will say this quite plainly, what truly human is -and don’t be afraid of this word- love. And I mean it even with everything that burdens love or, i could say it better, responsibility is actually love, as Pascal said: ‘without concupiscence’ [without lust]… love exists without worrying being loved. Emmanuel Levinas

If thou must love

If thou must love me, let it be for naught except for love’s sake only. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. Elizabeth Barrett Browning