“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.”
— Washington Irving
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“If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?”
— Lily Tomlin
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“Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.”
— Mother Teresa
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“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.”
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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“We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.”
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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“Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat.”
— Ben Hecht
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“Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.”
— Ovid
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“Love is always being given where it is not required.”
— E. M. Forster
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“I love you more than my own skin.”
— Frida Kahlo
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“When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.”
— Blaise Pascal
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“A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.”
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
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