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May you find great value in these Devastation quotes and sayings.
Having seen the devastation of war first hand,
Eisenhower came both to despise war
and to see that "war settles nothing."
On the other hand, Ike was certainly no peacenik.
He understood that, in an emergency,
action must be met with reaction.
When truly necessary, violence met with violence -
but never hate responded to with hate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
But what a cruel thing is war
to separate and destroy families and friends,
and mar the purest joys and happiness
God has granted us in this world,
to fill our hearts with hatred
instead of love for our neighbors,
and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world!
- Robert E. Lee
Love thy neighbor -
and if he happens to be tall,
debonair and devastating,
it will be that much easier.
- Mae West
Seek first to understand,
then to be understood.
- Stephen Covey
Lord, grant that I might not so much
seek to be loved as to love.
- St. Francis of Assisi
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
- John Ruskin
Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Love is when the other person's happiness
is more important than your own.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I have found that if you love life,
life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein
To the people who love you,
you are beautiful already.
This is not because they're
blind to your shortcomings
but because they so clearly see your soul.
- Victoria Moran
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, "It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Know the power and the peace of saying,
"I love you just the way you are."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love one another but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls.
- Khalil Gibran
Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love Without Limits.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.
- Erich Segal
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past,
but by the love we're not extending in the present.
- Marianne Williamson
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
- John Lennon
Where there is great love,
there are always miracles.
- Willa Cather
We should not let our response to
the people who disagree with us
be dictated by what they say about us
or even how they treat people we care for.
There has to be a chance that we can find love.
- William J. Clinton
Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love.
- The Buddha
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth
until the hour of separation.
- Khalil Gibran
A new command I give you: Love one another.
As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
- Jesus of Nazareth (John 13:34)
I Dream This Day of Wondrous Things,
of Peace and Hope and Pride.
I Dance My Dance with Life Today,
I'm Filled with Love Inside.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Use the power of your word
in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked,
in which you can walk with love and reverence.
- Henry David Thoreau
You may call God love, you may call God goodness.
But the best name for God is compassion.
- Meister Eckhart
If (s)he's an apple and you're an orange,
celebrate your differences -
make a great fruit salad.
Love isn't about being the same -
it's about being sweet with each other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The magic words for a great relationship are,
"I love you just the way you are."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
- Rumi (Persian poet 1207-1273)
True love is a process of co-creation
in which neither feels ownership or superiority.
Jealousy is a highly destructive force
for love and relationships.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him,
for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low,
could still be saved; the bitterest enemy
and also he who was your friend could again be your friend;
love that has grown cold can kindle
- Soren Kierkegaard
Live life with no regrets and no resentments.
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others. Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
- Elie Wiesel
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
- William Shakespeare
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.
The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!
How much you can love!
What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
- Anne Frank
Life is a reflection of intent.
Love reflects love.
Hate reflects hate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.
- The Buddha
The River of Life has no meaning,
no good, no bad, no better, no worse,
no love, no hate, no fear, no anger, no joy.
The River of Life has no judgment, no expectation.
The River of Life just IS.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do you feel stuck?
Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,
or some other situation,
there is a time for perseverance,
and a time for letting go and moving on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love is an irresistible desire
to be irresistibly desired.
- Robert Frost
First meditate, be blissful,
then much love will happen of its own accord.
Then being with others is beautiful
and being alone is also beautiful.
Then it is simple, too.
You dont depend on others
and you dont make others dependent on you.
- Osho
All you need is love.
- John Lennon
Love like you've never been hurt,
dance like no one is watching,
live as though heaven is on earth.
- Satchel Paige
I advocate speaking words of love
with all the sincerity that can be mustered,
as frequently as possible.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Age does not protect you from love.
But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
- Anais Nin
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,
deserves your love and affection.
- The Buddha
Mother's love grows by giving.
- Charles Lamb
I love everyone, unconditionally,
at all times, exactly as they are.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Once you know yourself as a genuine seeker,
and when your own inner chamber is quite enlightened,
then comes the natural unfoldment of pure love and compassion
and a genuine desire to serve others.
- Rod Stryker
Love is like the truth,
sometimes it prevails,
sometimes it hurts.
- Victor M. Garcia Jr.
Love what is.
- Byron Katie
Know that where there is love, nothing is missing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Hate destroys, Love builds.
Hate tears down, Love renews and creates.
Hatred holds no hope for the future.
Love creates Today as its own better future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love: if you have to ask,
it's not the real thing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There is no love without forgiveness,
and there is no forgiveness without love.
- Bryant H. McGill
Your love is more powerful
than your words or your actions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We can do no great things,
only small things with great love.
- Mother Teresa
No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny
without leaving some mark on it forever.
- Francois Muriac
Affirmation:
Today I choose the higher road -
the path of charity, acceptance,
love, selflessness, kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.
- Anais Nin
Knowledge is love and light and vision.
- Helen Keller
Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time,
for that is the stuff that life is made of.
- Benjamin Franklin
Whatever happened in the past,
forgive yourself and others.
Choose love.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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