By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love and kindness he may rule the world forever. ~Lao-Tse

You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are… your simple presence can make others happy. ~Jane Roberts

The most authentic thing about us Is our capacity to create, to overcome, To endure, to transform, to love, And to be greater than our suffering. ~Ben Okri Nigerian Poet and Novelist

We can do no great things – only small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa Catholic Nun, Missionary and Nobel Prize Recipient

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. ~From ‘A Course In Miracles’ Foundation For Inner Peace

The person who truly loves does so because of a decision to be loving. ~M. Scott Peck

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy  into a friend. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.

At the critical juncture in all human relationships, there is only one question: What would love do now? ~Neale Donald Walsch

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ~Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857); Russian author

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love. ~Sophocles (496 BCE-406 BCE); ancient Greek tragedian

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