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The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.

The success of love is in the loving— it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.

The truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness.

To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else’s heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

When two people understand each other in their inmost hearts, their words are sweet and strong, like the fragrance of orchids.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.

Truth alone will endure; all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.

Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works, whether we accept it or not. The person who discovered the law of love was a far greater scientist than any of our modern scientists. only our explorations have not gone far enough and so it is not possible for everyone to see all its workings.