“Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.”
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Leo Buscaglia84
Motivational speaker, writer 1924–1998Related quotes
“Freely we serve
Because we freely love, as in our will
To love or not; in this we stand or fall.”
John Milton (1608–1674) English epic poet
“Freely we serve. Because we freely love, as in our will to love or not; in this we stand or fall.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“I love and am loved, fully and freely, nothing expected, more than enough received.”
Amy Tan The Hundred Secret Senses
Source: The Hundred Secret Senses
Ernest Simoni (1928) Albanian Roman Catholic cardinal
Cardinal Ernest Simoni, the “Living Martyr” of Albania https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2017/07/19/cardinal-ernest-simoni-the-living-martyr-of-albania/ (July 19, 2017)
“To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love.”
Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
Source: How to Love
Bernart de Ventadorn troubador
Mas greu veiretz fin' amansa<br>ses paor e ses doptansa,<br>c'ades tem om vas so c'ama, falhir,<br>per qu'eu no·m aus de parlar enardir. <br class="br">"Ab joi mou lo vers e·l comens", line 13; translation by James H. Donalson. http://www.brindin.com/poven001.htm
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
"The Forty Rules of Love" (2010) by Elif Şafak (The book is about Rumi, but the quote is the author's own words)
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896–1977) Indian guru
Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3 chapter 23 verse 8, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, (1972) Vanipedia http://vaniquotes.org/wiki/Love_of_God_is_not_an_ordinary_commodity._Caitanya_Mahaprabhu_was_worshiped_by_Rupa_Gosvami_because_He_distributed_love_of_God,_krsna-prema,_to_everyone <br class="br">Quotes from Books: Loving God