I need you because

I need you because I love you. Erich Fromm

Immature love says: ‘I

Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’ Erich Fromm

The love we give

The love we give away is the only love we keep. Elbert Hubbard

It takes courage to

It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living … Read more

Lord, make me an

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Francis of Assisi

When you are willing

When you are willing to shine the light of love onto the parts that you are not proud of – onto the unaccepted parts, the unloved parts, the unwanted emotions, into all the darkened corners of your soul – love will suffuse them, embrace them, until you are left as nothing but love itself. Love … Read more

The more you give,

The more you give, the more you live. Blake Mycoskie