Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

I still believe that all you need is love.

You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

Hate the sin and love the sinner. Traditional saying - not first said by him.

Love is where you find it. I think it is foolish to go looking for it, and I think it can often be poisonous.

Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do — but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it. Jotted (in German) on the margins of a letter to him (1933).

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.

May love be your guide in every moment of your life.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.

Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.