"Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own."

by : Francis Thompson

What is love?

Our favorite description of love is from the movie Captain Corelli's Mandolin: 

When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the desire to mate every second of the day. It is not lying awake at night imagining that he is kissing every part of your body. No... don't blush. I am telling you some truths. For that is just being in love; which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over, when being in love has burned away... (Iannis to Pelagia)

• Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• 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.

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

 

• The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
  
  - Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
   

 

 

 

My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. if that does'nt happen, none of this is worth it." 

- Jewel

"You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving"  - Amy Carmichael