Love people
Jul
12
2021
“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent Van Gogh
“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent Van Gogh
“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
She was a queen. Maybe not in the literal sense of the word but she was an example of uprightness, of honesty and dignity. She worked at a library and led many groups of children to discover the love of literature and the beauty of the arts. I can thank her for that as well. And she would hold talks on love. I remember visiting the library with our class and listening to her read to us from a beautiful book of quotations she had compiled on Love: “Love is heaven’s kindly light, the Holy Spirit’s eternal breath that vivifieth the human soul.” […]
“We met early in the morning. Jimmy’s mom was at the hospital and we were going to visit it. It felt as if we were going to visit our own mothers. We grew up together and after school each day we would have our afternoon snacks at Jimmy’s place. His mom made the most delicious challah bread and apricot jam. At home, I still have the book I got from Aunt Claire when we were kids. She wrote the following quote in the book: ‘Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love […]
“It took me many decades to discover that I could come at my life with a different question. Not: Why did I live? But: What is mine to do with the life I’ve been given?” – Edith Eger
What a happy new year means to me? To be able to walk on the beach again To feel the summer breeze To hug again To smile and be happy again To fly and run again To feel whole and healthy and not to worry again To be free and be able to swim again To find our creative spirit and love each other again❤️
“What a power is love! It is the most wonderful, the greatest of all living powers.” – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
“I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night.” – Mary Elizabeth Frye
“Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.” – Rumi
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.” – Vincent Van Gogh
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