By reason of my surpassing love toward God, I forget entirely Mohammed.
Anniversary Quotes
There is no anniversary collection behind this page. It is put together from the pages on love, marriage, romance and time, then sorted by quality, so what comes up first is whatever those four pages rate highest.
Expect poems and passages from novels more than card lines. Some of the best material here only works with the sentences around it, which is why each quote links to its own page with the source and the notes. If you plan to put one in print, check the flag first: a line marked misattributed is fine to enjoy and risky to credit.
The roots of the deepest love die in the heart, if not tenderly cherished.
If you pray and love, behold, this is the happiness of man on earth.
Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
He who has ceased to enjoy his friend’s superiority has ceased to love him.
The beings who appear cold, but are only timid, adore where they dare to love.
He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and a smelly fish.