Quotes on Love & Passion

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

One of the characteristics of love relationships that flower
is a relatively high degree of mutual self-disclosure -- a
willingness to let our partner enter into the interior of our
private world and a genuine interest in the private world of
that partner. Couples in love tend to show more of themselves
to each other than to any other person....Nathaniel Branden.

Love is the passionate and abiding desire on the part of two
or more people to produce together conditions under which each
can be and spontaneously express, his real self; to produce
together an intellectual soil and an emotional climate in which
each can flourish, far superior to what either could achieve alone....Unknown. 

I love you not only for what you are, but for
what I am when I am with you. I love you not
only for what you have made of yourself, but for
what you are making of me. I love you for the part
of me that you bring out....Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Romantic love is a passionate spiritual-emotional-sexual
attachment between a man and a woman that reflects a high
regard for the value of each other's person....Nathaniel Branden. 

"My love for you is a journey;
Starting at forever,
And ending at never."
- anonymous quotation

Do you want to know a good way to fall in love?
Just associate all your pleasant experiences with someone,
and disassociate from all the unpleasant ones....Richard Bandler.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength
while loving someone deeply gives you courage....Lao-Tsu

There are no guarantees --
From the viewpoint of fear,
None are strong enough.
From the viewpoint of love,
None are necessary.
~ Author Unknown ~
 
The greatest tragedy of life is not that men perish,
but that they cease to love.
~ W. Somerset Maugham ~

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