“Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause--the cause of liberation.”

“Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.”

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist

“Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.”

Erich Fromm (1900–1980) German social psychologist and psychoanalyst

“The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.”

Bell Hooks (1952) American author, feminist, and social activist

“The shortest distance between two points is an intention and this is certainly the case when it comes to becoming more loving to oneself and to others. We must first have the desire and then the intention and commitment to be a source of love — this means that rather than waiting for the world to be more loving, we decide that we will be the first one to reach out and act loving — no matter what!”

Richard Carlson (1961–2006) Author, psychotherapist and motivational speaker

“Love can only be found through the act of loving.”

Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“Then he'd come back home and found out that war didn't cause fear—love did.”

Patricia Briggs book Frost Burned

“If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.”

Gustavo Gutiérrez (1928) Peruvian theologian

“The difference between good and evil men is not found in the acts they are willing to commit—but merely in what name they are willing to commit them in.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

“Love as a verb. Love as a commitment.”

Emily Giffin (1972) American writer