Unconditional Love Quotes - Page 5

I often talk about unconditional love towards others. But the truth is I have always looked for favorable conditions when it comes to self-love and happiness.

Now that is what you call a true confession!

I know that some people disparage you for your lack of knowledge, and I know you may not understand me, Peter, but I wish you could, because you might be the only person who would. I feel that I can tell you anything Peter.

Accept the children the way we accept trees - with gratitude, because they are a blessing - but do not have expectations or desires. You don’t expect trees to change, you love them as they are.

It makes no sense rushing to become a parent if you are not going to be a good one. No child deserves anything less than unconditional love and positive guidance. Our nation and the world as a whole desperately need some generations of well nurtured children.

I have come to believe that in order to thrive, a child must have at least one adult in her life who shows her unconditional love, respect, and confidence.

Love is not the opposite of power. Love IS power. Love is the strongest power there is.

Those who love, truly love, can be coerced into nothing.

Love me only for my actions, and I will grow stressed.
Love me only for my body, and I will grow paranoid.
Love me only for my words, and I will grow bitter.
Love me only for my soul, and I will grow.

In love, there is no need to choose between self and other, because self is other.

Enlightenment is the Goal - Love is the Game - Taking steps are the rules! - Allan Rufus

Life is like a sandwich!

Birth as one slice,
and death as the other.
What you put in-between
the slices is up to you.

Is your sandwich tasty or sour?
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Look beyond a person's imperfections. That's where you'll find love.

I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

The only thing that keeps us from a place of joy is an illusion, the illusion of fear.

...you are my Lady of Shalott lost in a dream of isolation - I care too much for you - I romanticize depression...