"If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things."

"Love is a serious mental disease."

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of love, every man becomes a poet."

"Love conquers all."

"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead."

"Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained."

"Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle."

"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind"

"Love takes up where knowledge leaves off."

"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead."

"Love comes with hunger."