#love is

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. ↗

— Ann Landers

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The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn. ↗

— Taylor Lautner

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Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. ↗

— Bruce Lee

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Love is more powerful than kicking ass. ↗

— Jet Li

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The dawn is not distant, nor is the night starless; love is eternal. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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There is a physical relationship with a woman that you don't have with anybody else, but that's not about love. Love is a spiritual thing. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover. ↗

— Henri Matisse

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