Human love QUOTES

1 " In all human love it must be realized that every man promises a woman, and every woman promises a man that which only God alone can give, namely, perfect happiness. One of the reasons why so many marriages are shipwrecked is because as the young couple leave the altar, they fail to realize that human feelings tire and the enthusiasm of the honeymoon is not the same as the more solid happiness of enduring human love. One of the greatest trials of marriage is the absence of solitude. In the first moments of human love, one does not see the little hidden deformities which later on appear. "

― Fulton J. Sheen , Three to Get Married

2 " The candle glimmers but an hour. The night
Looms in its ancient hunger. Would you know
The tragedy of human love and need?
Gaze on the stars, then on a brother's face! "

― George Sterling , The Thirst of Satan: Poems of Fantasy and Terror

3 " But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees. "

― Jane Goodall

4 " The root systems of these lies we tell ourselves tend to grow together. It’s all connected with the belief human love is conditional. But human love isn’t conditional. No love is conditional. If love is conditional, it’s just some sort of manipulation masquerading as love. "

― Donald Miller , Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy

5 " When loving with human love one may pass from love to hatred, but divine love cannot change. "

― Leo Tolstoy

6 " Our emotions can be either corrupted or elevated. Human love was not created to be without premeditated purpose. "

― Manis Friedman , Doesn't Anyone Blush Anymore?: Reclaiming Intimacy, Modesty, and Sexuality

7 " Perhaps once one realised how deeply one could bond with a creature as foreign as a dragon, all forms of human love seemed more acceptable. "

― Robin Hobb , Blood of Dragons (Rain Wild Chronicles, #4)

8 " There is a secret about human love that is commonly overlooked: Receiving it is much more scary and threatening than giving it. "