ON....LOVE

"Let there be spaces in your togetherness,
  And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
  Love one another, but make not a bond of love;
  Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."

  -- Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931
      excerpted from the section on Marriage in "The Prophet"
 

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"It is wrong to think that love
  comes from long companionship
  and persevering courtship.
  Love is the offspring
  of spiritual affinity
  and unless that affinity
  is created in a moment,
  it will not be created
  for years
  or even generations."

  -- Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931



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6) Hafiz on Love

"The subject tonight is Love
  And for tomorrow night as well.
  As a matter of fact,
  I know no better topic
  For us to discuss
  Until we all die!"

  -- Hafiz
      Sufi Mystic and Poet

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     "It happens all the time in heaven,
                   And some day

              It will begin to happen
                   Again on earth-

    That men and women who are married,
           And men and men who are
                        Lovers,

          And women and women

          Who give each other Light,
     Often will get down on their knees

             And while so tenderly
           Holding their lover's hand,

            With tears in their eyes,
        Will sincerely speak, saying"

"My dear....

How can I be more loving to you;

How can I be more kind?"

--Hafiz, Sufi Mystic and Poet

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7) Rumi on Love

            Love Ends All Arguments

  Dear Soul,
  Love alone cuts arguments short,
  For it alone comes to the rescue
  When you cry for help against disputes.
  Eloquence is dumbfounded by love,
     it dares not wrangle,
  For the lover fears that,
     if he answers back,
  The pearl of the inner experience
     might fall out of his mouth.

  -- Maulana Jelaluddin Rumi
      Sufi mystic and poet, 1207-1273

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8) More Love Quotations

"Time is too slow for those who wait,
  too swift for those who fear,
  too long for those who grieve,
  too short for those who rejoice,
  but for those who love,
  time is eternity."

  -- Henry Van Dyke
 

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"Love has its own time,
  its own season,
  and its own reasons
  for coming and going.
  You cannot bribe it
  or coerce it
  or reason it into staying.
  You can only embrace it
  when it arrives
  and give it away
  when it comes to you."

  -- Kent Nerburn

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"True love doesn't have a happy ending:
  True love doesn't HAVE an ending."

  -- unknown