Quotes About Love

This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.

We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal.

Love and hate; for only those who know how to hate know how to love. We keep this capacity; and as this alone serves to maintain and develop the moral sentiments in every animal society, so much the more will it be enough for the human race. We only ask one thing, to eliminate all that impedes the free development of these two feelings in the present society, all that perverts our judgment: --the State, the church, exploitation; judges, priests, governments, exploiters.

The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.

And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ëwoman,í for out of man she was taken.”

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.

I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

but you shall go to my fatherís house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.í

Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your masterís son, just as the LORD has decreed.”

Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.

But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”

They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.

So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abrahamís servant and his men.

And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel