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Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. – Oscar Wilde What does that mean? A garden with all the flowers dead. That sounds bleak. Then add a lack of … Continue reading

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I have found the perfect paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

I have found the perfect paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. – Mother Teresa What does that mean? This is another heart-felt quote, one which leaves me feeling a little … Continue reading

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Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. – Aristotle What does that mean? This is another neat quote, being based on mythology written about by Aristotle’s mentor, Plato (in his work, Symposium). The story goes that humans … Continue reading

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More important than being loved is to love.

More important than being loved is to love. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? Loving, or the act of giving love away to another, is a very powerful force. Receiving love is also powerful, but it relies on others to act … Continue reading

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Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. – Mother Teresa What does that mean? How good does it feel to say “Hi!” to someone, and have them look up with a scowl … Continue reading

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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. – Aristotle What does that mean? For the sake of this quote, we will use an alternate (and older) definition for piety, which normally … Continue reading

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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope. – Maya Angelou What does that mean? Love is a very imprecise word in English. Would a person who “loves” a … Continue reading

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If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time. – Billy Joel What does that mean? Face it, you’re either doing something you love, or you aren’t. Actually, for most of us, it’s a mix, and some days … Continue reading

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Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – William Shakespeare What does that mean? This line is from the Bard’s play “All’s Well That Ends Well“, Act 1 Scene 1, where the line is spoken by the mother to … Continue reading

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Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.

Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear. – Niccolò Machiavelli What does that mean? While this quote has been reduced to a gross oversimplification, for the sake of giving advice to a leader, the generalization still … Continue reading

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What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. – Pearl Bailey What does that mean? To me, this quote is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but still worth the effort to examine. With the advent of the computer … Continue reading

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Loving is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction.

Loving is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry What does that mean? Lovers looking at each other is the infatuation stage of a relationship, although even old married couples do … Continue reading

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To understand your parents’ love you must raise children yourself

To understand your parents’ love you must raise children yourself. – Chinese Proverbs What does that mean? This will be a challenge to explain. If you have kids, you already know what the quote is talking about. If you don’t … Continue reading

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The nature of our motivation determines the character of our work

The nature of our motivation determines the character of our work. – Dalai Lama What does that mean? This quote warns us to be mindful of what we do, and what our motivation is when we do it. If we are doing … Continue reading

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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear. – Niccolò Machiavelli What does that mean? This quote describes a lot of human interactions. When bad news arrives, it is usually told first to someone who … Continue reading

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