“We may often give without love, but we can never love without giving.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
A Chance to Die.The life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael, Elisabeth Elliot, Revell, 1987.
“We may often give without love, but we can never love without giving.”
Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916–1993) Indian spiritual teacher
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
“Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die.”
Hermann Hesse book Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Swiss philosopher
[2005, Stations of Wisdom, World Wisdom, 102, 978-0-94153218-1]
God, Reverential fear and love
“Pain is not love. Love flowers; love gives without taking; love is serene and calm.”
Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected (1991)
“One can give up many things for love, but should not give up oneself”
Cassandra Clare The Bane Chronicles
Variant: One can give up many things for love, but one should not give up oneself.
Source: The Bane Chronicles
“Passion cannot be beautiful without excess; one either loves too much or not enough.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“To love means to give oneself unconditionally without asking any question.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Amare vuol dire donarsi incondizionatamente senza farsi alcuna domanda.
Source: prevale.net