God loves each God loves each of us as if there of us as if there were only one were only one of us.of us. AugustineAugustine

Love must be Love must be learned and learned and learned again and learned again and again; there is no again; there is no end to it. end to it. Hate needs no Hate needs no instruction, but instruction, but waits only to be waits only to be provoked.provoked. Katherine Anne Katherine Anne PorterPorter

It is one of the severest tests of It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that truth through loving words, that is friendship.is friendship.Henry Ward BeecherHenry Ward Beecher

Love is not Love is not blind. blind. Lust is Lust is blind. blind. If love is If love is blind, blind, God is God is blind. blind. Gordon Gordon PalmerPalmer

We can do no We can do no great things – great things – only small only small things with things with great love. great love. Mother Mother TeresaTeresa

When I have learnt When I have learnt to love God better to love God better than my earthly than my earthly dearest, I shall dearest, I shall love my earthly love my earthly dearest better than dearest better than I do now. I do now. C.S. LewisC.S. Lewis

Love is not a possession but a growth. The heart is a lamp with just oil enough to burn for an hour, and if there be no oil to put in again its light will go out. God's grace is the oil that fills the lamp of love. Henry Ward Beecher