Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
Mother's Day Quotes
Most of what you will see here is about love in general, because the Mother page itself is short. The page is assembled from the pages on mothers, love and gratitude.
If you want quotes that are actually about mothers, the Mother page has fewer but more precise ones. For anything you plan to print or say out loud, check the source line and the label next to it.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
God seeks comrades and claims love,
the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.
The highest of generalizations is the synergetic integration of truth and love.
To know, to esteem, to love—and then to part,
Makes up life's tale to many a feeling heart!
There is no sudden entrance into Heaven.
Slow is the ascent by the path of Love.