"All God wants of man is a peaceful heart."

Eckhart, Meister | Heart | 2 bookmarks

"I do not love you

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

that this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep."

Neruda, Pablo | Lovers | 26 bookmarks

"Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand."

Acquinas, Saint Thomas | Faith | 10 bookmarks

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1]"

Bible | Faith | 2 bookmarks

"And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is love. [Corinthians 13:13]"

Bible | Charity | 2 bookmarks

"And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. [New Test.]"

Bible | Charity | 1 bookmarks

"In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared."

Amiel, Henri Frederic | Lovers | 1 bookmarks

"The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find."

Baudelaire, Charles | Lovers | 1 bookmarks

"One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example... Agreeable, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honorable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous."

Cervantes, Miguel De | Lovers | 3 bookmarks

"When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws."

Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De | Lovers | 2 bookmarks