“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”
Thomas Merton
“We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly”
Sam Keen
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
Morrie Schwartz
“For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.”
Ivan Panin
“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.”
Roy Croft
“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.”
Barbara De Angelis
“Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.”
Swedish Proverb