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"To love for the sake of being loved is human.
But to love for the sake of loving is angelic."
- Alphonse Marie Louis Lamartine

"The holy passion of friendship is so steady and loyal and enduring in nature
that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money." - Mark Twain

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr.

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile,
nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one
when he discovers that someone else believes in him
and is willing to trust him with his friendship."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet eachother."
-Rainer Maria Rilke

"Love can elevate the emotions but, just as unexpectedly, bring them down.
Love directs us; we don't direct Love. Love moves to where it it finds peace.
The duration of this peace is decided by Love.
When we're doubtful or shift our heart, it means Love didn't find rest there.
It's not our game, it's Love's destined journey."
- Me, 2004 essay excerpt

"... let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into eachother's keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together;
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow."
- Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet