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We live in this world when we love it.
–
Rabindranath Tagore
Love
the whole world as if it were your self; then you will truly care
for all things.
–
LaoTzu
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
– The Bible : 1 Corinthians
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the
entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
–
Buddha
Lian is a virtuous benevolent love. Lian
should be pursued by all human beings, and reflects a moral life.
–
Confucius
Ai, in Mohism, is universal love towards
all beings, not just towards friends or family, without regard to
reciprocation.
–
Mo Zi
If you judge people, you have no time to
love them.
– Mother Teresa
West
Love is the master key that opens the gate of
happiness.
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of
life: that word is love.
–
Sophocles
Love is not about getting – but giving.
– Henry Van Dyke
In love, one and one are one.
– Jean-Paul Sartre
True love doesn't come to you it has to be
inside you.
– Julia Roberts
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor
imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love,
that is the soul of genius.
– Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
For love is heaven and heaven is love.
– Sir
Walter Scott
The first duty of love is to listen.
– Paul Tillich
There is nothing half so sweet in life as
love's young dreams.
– Tomas Moore
Grow old along with me the best is yet to be.
– Robert Browning
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
– William Shakespeare |
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The Eight
Attributes of Love
According to James C. Hunter |
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Patient
– showing self-control.
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Kind
– giving attention, appreciation, and encouragement.
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Humble
– being authentic without pretense and arrogance.
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Respectful
– treating others as important people.
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Selfless
– meeting the needs of others.
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Forgiving
– giving up resentment when wronged.
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Honest
– being free from deception.
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Committed – sticking to your
choices.
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"Love and knowledge are two
important things in the world – when we share them their values don't decrease,
they always increase."
What is Love?
Can Love be defined?
No, if you live it. And yes, in all other
cases.
"The name that can be named is not the eternal
Name. The unnamable is the eternally real," said
Lao Tzu.
If you focus on the name, you lose the
substance.
Love is your
behavior towards others. Love has many meanings. It can mean an intense
feeling of affection, an emotion or emotional state.
Love is a key to your
happiness and a blessing to others. If you love you make the world a
kind and gentle place and other people feel safe around you.
Translate the Word "Love"
Into Action
Love
is the basis of
harmonic relationships and gracious giving and
receiving. Remind yourselves of love and translate the word
"love" into action. When giving and receiving (Ying
and Yang) are in proper
balance, you have time both to
listen and to
tell, to understand and to be understood, to help others
and to receive help, to be there for people in need and to
ask people for something.
"He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves
finds the gate open."
–
Rabindranath Tagore
Interpersonal Love
In ordinary use, love usually refers to
interpersonal love.
Interpersonal love is love
between human beings, and is more sympathetic than the
notion of very much liking for another. Although
feelings are usually reciprocal, there can also be
unrequited love. Interpersonal love is usually found in an
interpersonal
relationship, such as between family members, friends,
and couples. However, people often express love for other
people outside of these relationships through compassionate
outreach and volunteering.
Some elements that are often
present in interpersonal love2:
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Affection: appreciation of
other
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Attachment: satisfying
basic emotional needs
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Reciprocation: if love is
mutual
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Commitment: a desire to
maintain love
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Emotional intimacy: sharing
emotions and feelings
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Kinship: family bonds
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Passion: sexual desire
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Physical intimacy: sharing
of personal space
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Self-interest: desiring
rewards
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Service: desire to help
Impersonal
love
A person can be
said to love a home, country, a
principle, goal, job, or hobby if they value
it greatly and are deeply committed to it.
People can also 'love' material objects,
animals, or activities if they invest
themselves in bonding their identity with
that item.
Religious love
"Let everyone understand that
the real love of God does not consist in tear-shedding,
 nor
in that sweetness and tenderness for which we often long,
just because they console us, but in serving God by serving
those around us, in justice, fortitude of soul, and
humility."
– Teresa of
Avila
Most religions use love to
express the devotion the follower has to their deity who may
be a living guru or religious teacher.
This love can be
expressed by putting the love of God above personal needs,
prayer, service, good deeds, and personal sacrifice, all
done selflessly. Reciprocally, the followers may believe
that the deity loves the followers and all of creation. Some
traditions encourage the development of passionate love in
the believer for the deity.
The Power of Passion
Successful people win because they love what
they do. All of them have a very strong desire to succeed. They have
passion
for their field, their business.
Passion is the single fastest way to spur
yourself to massive success. It is something you love.
Something you're excited about. Something you
get up early to work on or to stay up late.
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