I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau
He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals. Benjamin Franklin
The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye. Jimi Hendrix
When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity. Joseph Campbell
Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness. Sigmund Freud
When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. Khalil Gibran
Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes. Khalil Gibran
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. Erich Fromm
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David Thoreau
The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers. Larry Flynt
There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Friedrich Nietzsche
There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love. Bryant H. McGill
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Joseph Addison
Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god but who knows my god? Friedrich Nietzsche
I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it. Ray Bradbury
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful. It has the beauty of loneliness of pain: of strength and freedom. The beauty of disappointment and never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature and everlasting beauty of monotony. Benjamin Britten
Do what you love. Know your own bone gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still. Henry David Thoreau
Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic. Anais Nin