33 quotes
We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not.
Eleven Minutes (2003)
Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World.
The Alchemist (1988)
When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left!
Eleven Minutes (2003)
In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each of us responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel.
Eleven Minutes (2003)
The wise are wise only because they love.
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
The Alchemist (1988)
The gods throw the dice, and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Sometimes, when loneliness seems about to crush everything, the only way to resist is to keep on loving.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
Love rules, but no one knows where it has its throne; in order to know that secret place, you must first submit to Love.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia — love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love.
The Witch of Portobello (2007)
We love because Love sets us free, and we say things that we once never even had the courage to whisper to ourselves.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Our great goal in life is to love. The rest is silence.
Manuscript Found in Accra (2012)
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us.
And to save us.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Even if loving meant leaving, or solitude, or sorrow, love was worth every penny of its price.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (1994)
Love always triumphs over what we call death. That’s why there’s no need to grieve for our loved ones, because they continue to be loved and remain by our side.
Aleph (2011)
Love is the only thing that will save us, independent of any mistakes we may make. Love is always stronger.
Aleph (2011)