[Quote of the Month: February] The theme is deep affection—words that pierce the heart and take your breath away.

Love that does not know the sweetness of forgiveness is not love.NEW!John Greenleaf Whittier

Describing the act of forgiving as something sweet is a profound quote.

It’s by John Greenleaf Whittier, an American poet who also supported the abolition of slavery.

Does “forgive” here mean to accept? Even if someone is your lover, they’re still another person, so there will be things you can’t fully understand about each other.

But by accepting all of that, new possibilities may arise, and your love might deepen.

The act of forgiving is also connected to acknowledging the other person, so it would be wonderful if both people could do that.

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No matter how much you receive, it’s never enough—that is love. No matter how much you give, it’s never enough—that, too, is love.NEW!Henry Miller

Henry Miller, known as a great American man of letters, is also famous for his many romantic relationships.

He married five times in his life, and his last wife was the singer and actress Hoki Tokuda.

Although he married five times, she is said to have been his eighth wife.

Here is one of his famous quotes on love.

Perhaps it means that no matter how much love we receive or give, we can never be truly satisfied.

Not being satisfied may seem sad, but it may be precisely why people think deeply about love and yearn for it so intensely.

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All my life, I’ve believed I was someone who couldn’t be loved. But for the first time, I realized there was something even worse in my life: I myself had never truly tried to love someone from the bottom of my heart.NEW!Marilyn Monroe

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These are the words of Marilyn Monroe, an American actress known as a sex symbol.

She once lamented not being loved, but then realized that she herself had never truly loved anyone.

Love is a heart of compassion and tenderness toward another.

That’s why, if you only seek it and never give it, the love that was once directed at you will eventually wear thin and disappear.

If you wish to be loved by someone, start by loving someone yourself.

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Only those who can love deeply can also experience great pain.NEW!Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy is a great Russian writer known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

This quote of his is something to remember when you’re heartbroken.

It’s precisely because you loved someone so deeply that, when you lose that love, you feel a pain as if you were being torn apart.

It’s proof that the person was that important to you, something precious and hard to lose.

It may become a painful memory, but I believe the experience of loving someone that strongly will help you grow.

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Love is not about gazing at each other, but about looking together in the same direction.NEW!Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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These are the words of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the French novelist whose masterpiece The Little Prince is loved around the world.

I believe love takes many forms, but isn’t a relationship where you can look in the same direction and walk together, as this famous quote suggests, truly wonderful? By knowing what the other person sees and aims for, you can understand each other more deeply, and by sharing those things, you can help one another.

The attitude of deepening understanding and choosing to walk forward cooperatively—couldn’t that be called love itself?

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To love is to layer your own happiness over another’s.NEW!Gottfried Leibniz

To love is to align your own happiness with that of another. — Gottfried Leibniz

Gottfried Leibniz—often called an intellectual giant—wore many hats: philosopher, mathematician, thinker, politician, and diplomat.

He left us numerous maxims and famous sayings, and this one is a striking reflection on love.

I believe it is extremely difficult to align one’s own happiness with another’s.

Each person’s notion of happiness differs, and even two people in love are unlikely to have theirs overlap perfectly.

Yet perhaps it is precisely for that reason that our capacity to love is proven there.

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There is nothing to lose by loving. But if you are afraid to love, you gain nothing.NEW!Barbara De Angelis

[Quote] There is nothing to lose by loving. #shorts

This is a quote by psychologist Barbara De Angelis, known for the TV show Making Love Work broadcast across the United States.

Loving someone is not a sin, and merely having feelings won’t cost you anything.

But if you want things to move forward, you need to be brave and express how you feel.

When you want to love and be loved, remember this quote and find the courage to act.

Even if it doesn’t work out, it will surely bring new insights to your life.

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