Category: LOVE

  • “It is better to be a simpleton and approach God with love than to be a learned man and at the same time an enemy of God.”

    —St. Irenaeus of Lyons

  • Beware of the pride of reasoning; the true guide to knowledge is love.

    —François Fénelon, Spiritual Progress

  • Love. The less the natural man succeeds in attaining happiness, the more he finds an outlet for [his longing for it] in prayer.

    —Dee Pennock, God’s Path to Sanity

  • But underneath all our emphasis on successful action, many of us suffer from a deep-seated, low self-esteem and are walking around with the constant fear that someday someone will unmask the illusion and show that we are not as smart, as good, or as lovable as the world was made to believe.

    —Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life

  • Just when all those around me were assuring me they loved me, cared for me, appreciated me, yes, even admired me, I experienced myself as a useless, unloved, and despicable person. Just when people were putting their arms around me, I saw the endless depth of my human misery and felt that there was nothing worth living for. Just when I had found a home, I felt absolutely homeless. Just when I was being praised for my spiritual insights, I felt devoid of faith. Just when people were thanking me for bringing them closer to God, I felt that God had abandoned me. It was as if the house I had finally had no floors. The anguish completely paralyzed me. I could no longer sleep. I cried uncontrollably for hours. I could not be reached by consoling words or arguments. I no longer had any interest in other people’s problems. I lost all appetite for food and could not appreciate the beauty of music, art, or even nature. All had become darkness. Within me there was one long scream coming from a place I didn’t know existed, a place full of demons.

    —Henri Nouwen, The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom

  • [I] struggle to accept compliments…despite craving them.

    Bimbo Ubermensch
    The Ocean

  • God wants that you should make the most of yourself, for yourself, and for others; and you can help others more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.

    —Wallace D. Wattles, The Science of Getting Rich

  • I understand death now. I don’t think it will do me much harm. I have known hatred, contempt, decay, and other things; I have even known brief moments of love. Nothing of me will survive, and I do not deserve for anything of me to survive. I will have been a mediocre individual in every possible sense.

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    Michel Houellebecq

  • It’s possible to live in the world without understanding it; all you need is to be able to get food, caresses, and love.

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    Michel Houellebecq

  • Ultimately, love resolves all problems.

    Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto: Rester vivant (To Stay Alive)