On Love
21. Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most. That people are basically good; that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power mean nothing; that good always triumphs over evil; and I want you to remember this, that love… true love never dies. You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn’t matter if it’s true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in.
Hub, played by Robert Duvall in the 2003 movie Secondhand Lions, one of the best movies in the world.
22. You know when you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
Dr. Seuss, American writer, poet, and cartoonist. He was most widely known for his children’s books written and illustrated as Dr. Seuss.
23. The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds
Noah, played by Ryan Gosling in the 2004 movie The Notebook
24. The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and let it come in.
Morrie Schwartz, sociology professor at Brandeis University. He was the subject of the best-selling book Tuesdays With Morrie, which was published in 1997 and later made into a movie.
25. Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Oprah Winfrey, American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
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Seth, played by Nicholas Cage in 1998 movie City of Angels
27. You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.
Jodi Picoult, American author awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003
28. The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that’s that.
Woody Allen, American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician whose career spans more than 50 years.
29. Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît pas
(The heart has its own reasons which reason doesn’t know)
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher best known for his contribution to the science of fluids, pressure and vacuum.
30. It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages
Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer. He wrote several critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism.
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Mohandas Ghandi, preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India. Employing non-violent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
32. To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance
Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his only novel (The Picture of Dorian Gray), his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.
33. We are most alive when we’re in love
John Updike, American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic best known for his Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom series.
34. Dear Heart, fall in love only when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely
Anonymous, Internet source
35. When love is not madness it is not love
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age, regarded as one of Spain’s foremost dramatists and one of the finest playwrights of world literature.
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Anonymous, Internet source
37. One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
Sophocles, one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived
38. You know it’s love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you’re not part of their happiness.
Julia Roberts, American actress and producer, who became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman
39. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone
deeply gives you courage
Lao Tzu, philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching, considered the founder of philosophical Taoism
40. Better to have lost and loved than never to have loved at all
Ernest Hemingway, American author and journalist. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.