#love

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#believe #color #family #freedom #god

But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#could #exploring #figure #frontier #gather

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#love #philosophy #rightly #simply #wisdom

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#beauty #form #friendship #inspired #love

He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well. ↗

— John Clare

#die #green #loved #time #too

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real. ↗

— Gianni Versace

#artists #chapel #doing #even #get

The guy I read and I love is Irvin Yalom. ↗

— Jason Clarke

#i #i love #love #love is #read

Flowers, cold from the dew, And autumn's approaching breath, I pluck for the warm, luxuriant braids, Which haven't faded yet. In their nights, fragrantly resinous, Entwined with delightful mystery, They will breathe in her springlike Extraordinary beauty. But in a whirlwind of sound and fire, From her shing head they will flutter And fall—and before her They will die, faintly fragrant still. And, impelled by faithful longing, My obedient gaze will feast upon them— With a reverent hand, Love will gather their rotting remains. ↗

— Anna Akhmatova

#death #dying #love #transience #beauty

I would love if gay men responded to me. All I want is for many gay men to dress up as me for Halloween. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#gay #halloween #i #love #many

While some dismiss the Bible as a dusty old book, I view its pages as portals to adventure. Not only is the book chock-full of clever plots and compelling stories, but it’s laced with historical insights and literary beauty. When I open the Scripture, I imagine myself exploring an ancient kingdom . . . With every encounter, I learn something new about their life journeys and am reminded that the Bible is more than a record of the human quest for God: it’s the revelation of God’s quest for us.” - Scouting the Divine ↗

— Margaret Feinberg

#margaret-feinberg #scouting-the-divine #beauty