Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as... →
Mortimer Adler
It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure... →
Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.
If one wants another only for some self-satisfaction, usually in the form of sensual pleasure, that wrong desire takes the form of lust rather than... →
Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.
When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference... →
The love which moves the world, according to common Christian belief, is God's love and the love of God.
Love without conversation is impossible.
We love even when our love is not requited.
Ultimately, we wish the joy of perfect union with the person we love.