“Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love.”

“If thou dost love a Something, Man,
Thou lovest naught that doth abide.
God is not This nor That—do thou
Leave Somethings utterly aside”

“It takes pure love to be possessed by the spirit of God.”

“If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.”

“The giving of love is an education in itself.”

“Love gives itself; it is not bought.”

“She did love him, you know… It was a selfish, possessive love, but it was all she knew how to give.”

“Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.”

“First of all, let us try to know what love is. If love means to possess someone or something, then that is not real love, not pure love. If loves means to give oneself, to become one with everything and everyone, then that is real love. Real love is total oneness with the object loved and with the Possessor of love.”

“When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself.”