“Love is not something you think about, it is a state in which you dwell”

“Passion is something which very few of us have really felt. What we may have felt is enthusiasm, which is being caught up in an emotional state over something. Our passion is for something: for music, for painting, for literature, for a country, for a woman or a man; it is always the effect of a cause. When you fall in love with someone, you are in a great state of emotion, which is the effect of that particular cause; and what I am talking about is passion without a cause. It is to be passionate about everything, not just about something, whereas most of us are passionate about a particular person or thing. I think one must see this distinction very clearly. In the state of passion without a cause, there is intensity free of all attachment; but when passion has a cause, there is attachment, and attachment is the beginning of sorrow.”

“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next.”

“You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.”

“I don't think you tell someone you love them because you expect something. I think you tell them because you have something to give.”

“Dwell in the place where your companions are spiritual heroes,

So that they may wash the foul soot from your [heart]

Don't think about their faults, for they

Will know about it before you think.”

“First is the argument from intentionality:
# According to Dr. Rosenberg, if naturalism is true then I cannot think about anything. That is because there are no intentional states.
# But I am thinking about naturalism. From which it follows,
# Therefore, naturalism is not true.
So, if you think that you ever think about anything you should conclude that naturalism is false.”

“I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It’s not as much about them loving you – it’s about you needing to love people.”

“Sometimes
when you are trying
not to think about something
it keeps popping back in your head
you can't help it
you think about it
and
think about it
and
think about it
until your brain
feels like
a squashed pea.”

“Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.”