Paulo Freire (1921–1997) educator and philosopher
Source: Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968, English trans. 1970), Chapter 1, on the oppressors
“Love can only be found through the act of loving.”
Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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Percy Bysshe Shelley Prometheus Unbound
The Earth, Act IV, l. 403
Prometheus Unbound (1818–1819; publ. 1820)
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
Incorrectly attributed to Tolkien. It is a line from the Hobbit movie that did not appear in the books.
“On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky book The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Source: The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877), III
Context: On our earth we can only love with suffering and through suffering. We cannot love otherwise, and we know of no other sort of love. I want suffering in order to love. I long, I thirst, this very instant, to kiss with tears the earth that I have left, and I don't want, I won't accept life on any other!
Markus Zusak book The Book Thief
Variant: Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children.
Source: The Book Thief
“I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.”
Matka Tereza (1910–1997) Roman Catholic saint of Albanian origin
As quoted in Love Until It Hurts: A Tribute to Mother Teresa and the work of the men and women of the Missionaries of Charity (1980) by Daphne Rae
1980s