“Those who love their neighbor as themselves possess nothing more than their neighbor.”
Basil of Caesarea (329–379) Christian Saint
Source: Social Justice, To the Rich (c. 368), p. 43
“Those who never back down love themselves more than they love the truth.”
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“Let those love now who never loved before;
Let those who always loved, now love the more.”
Thomas Parnell (1679–1718) Anglo-Irish cleric, writer and poet.
Translation of the Pervigilium Veneris, written in the time of Julius Caesar, and by some ascribed to Catullus: Cras amet qui numquam amavit; Quique amavit, cras amet.
Francis de Sales (1567–1622) French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church j
The Spirit of Saint Francis de Sales, ch. 7, sct. 3 (1952) <br class="br">Quoted by Bishop Jean-Pierre Camus in L'esprit de Saint François de Sales, Part 3, ch. 5 http://books.google.com/books?id=XdDvTZWjR_sC&q=%22Ceux-l%C3%A0%22+%22qui+aiment+%C3%A0+se+faire+craindre+craignent+de+se+faire+aimer+et+eux-m%C3%AAmes+craignent+plus+que+tous+les+autres+car+les+autres+ne+craignent+qu'eux+mais+eux+craignent+tous+les+autres%22&pg=PA194#v=onepage (1650)
J. Howard Moore (1862–1916)
Source: Better-World Philosophy: A Sociological Synthesis (1899), Individual Culture, p. 261
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Source: The Analects, Chapter VI
“Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
John of St. Samson (1571–1636)
From, Light on Carmel: An Anthology from the Works of Brother John of Saint Samson, O.Carm.
“The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.”
George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism
Source: Little Essays (1921), p. 107
“Love, after all, always said more about those who felt it than it did about the ones they loved.”
Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me
Dawson Cole, Chapter 11, p. 174
Source: 2009, The Best of Me (2011)
“Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.”
Naomi Wolf book The Beauty Myth
Source: The Beauty Myth