"Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an ordination of character which determines the relatedness of the person to the whole world as a whole, not toward one object of love"
"To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime."
"In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two."
"Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence."
"Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'"
"Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies."