"When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all."

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"When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all."

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"Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Love, Heart, Indifference, Needs

"The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Love, Civilization, Fact, Public

"I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Love, Children, Man

"The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Love, Fact, Passion

"When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they are no longer anything more than the two boundaries of the same destiny; they are no longer anything but the two wings of the same spirit. Love, soar."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Love, Unity, Spirit, Destiny

"Three great lessons for my children; love God, love yourself and love your neighbour as yourself."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Love, God, Yourself, Faith

"In Christ the middle wall of partition has been broken down. There is no Jew, no Gentile-no black, white, yellow, or red. We could be one great brotherhood in Jesus Christ. However, until we come to recognize Him as the Prince of Peace and receive His love in our hearts, the racial tensions will increase, racial demands will become more militant, and a great deal of blood will be shed. The race problem could become another flame out of control!"

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

Love, Christ, Romance, Emotion

"The proof of true love for God is in service to others."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Love, Service, Faith, Sacrifice

"Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by."

Alice Hoffman, American Author

Love, Will

"I see all of you, Rhys. And there is not one part that I do not love with everything I am."

Sarah J. Maas, American Novelist

Love, Acceptance, Emotion, Admiration

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"The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do."

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"When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all."

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"Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth."

Humor, Truth, Man, Nothing

"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."

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"Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low."

"The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance."

"I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult."

"The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other."

"Three great lessons for my children; love God, love yourself and love your neighbour as yourself."

"The proof of true love for God is in service to others."

"Anyway, the sort of love that will not wait is probably best to pass by."

"I see all of you, Rhys. And there is not one part that I do not love with everything I am."

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"Wit is the only wall between us and the dark."

"To fail to love is not to exist at all."

"Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king."

"The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do."

"When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all."

"Nothing in man is more serious than his sense of humor; it is the sign that he wants all the truth."

"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."