Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed.

True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Love is the strange bewilderment which overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is a friendship set to music.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

The love we give away is the only love we keep.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.