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“If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example, justice without love is legalism; faith without love is ideology; hope without love is self-centeredness; forgiveness without love is self-abasement; fortitude without love is recklessness; generosity without love is extravagance; care without love is mere duty; fidelity without love is servitude. Every virtue is an expression of love. No virtue is really a virtue unless it is permeated, or informed, by love.”

“Love is the only duty that we know.”

Knows Love Is Duty

Book:Poems of power

Source: Poems of power

“Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted softened, the disobedient reformed, and the faithful encouraged.”

Hard Love Is Principles Duty Labor Delight Supreme Ignorant Faithful Enlightened Hearted

Author:Hosea Ballou

“There are some women in whom conscience is so strongly developed that it leaves little room for anything else. Love is scarcely felt before duty rushes to encase it, anger impossible because one must always be calm and see both sides, pity evaporates in expedients, even grief is felt as a sort of bruised sense of injury, a resentment that one should have grief forced upon one when one has always acted for the best.”

Should Littles Felt Sides Love Is Rooms Grief Impossible Duty Conscience Should Have Calm Pity Injury Resentment Both Sides Bruised

Book:Selected Stories

Source: Selected Stories

“Love is the outlaw's duty.”

Love Is Duty Outlaw

Book:Black Tickets: Stories

Source: Black Tickets: Stories

“And I read the moral--A brave endeavour To do thy duty, whate'er its worth, Is better than life with love forever, And love is the sweetest thing on earth.”

Earth Love Is Moral Forever Duty And Love Brave Sweetest Endeavour Forever Love

Author:James Jeffrey Roche

“Women think of being a man as a gift. It is a duty. Even making love can be a duty. A man has always got to get it up, and love isn't always enough.”

Thinking Men Enough Love Is Duty And Love Making Love

Author:Norman Mailer

“Duty without love is deplorable. Duty with love is desirable. Love without duty is Divine.”

Love Love Is Divine Duty Desirable Divine Love Without Love

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.”

Love Made Joy Love Is Youth Duty Seasons

Author:John Gay

“Love is the overflow of joy in God! It is not duty for duty's sake, or right for right's sake. It is not a resolute abandoning of one's own good with a view solely to the good of the other person. It is first a deeply satisfying experience of the fullness of God's grace, and then a doubly satisfying experience of sharing that grace with another person.”

Firsts Persons Joy Love Is Views Grace Duty Sake Satisfying Fullness God's Grace Overflow Resolute

Book:Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

Source: Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

“Doctors should recognise the importance of the five human values; Truth, righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence. Love is the basis for all the other values. Doctors can infuse courage in patients by the love they show towards the patients. If doctors carry out their duties with love they will be crowned with success.”

Ifs Should Humans Shows Values Love Is Five Violence Duty Doctors Importance Bases Patient Righteousness Recognise Non Violence Human Values Peace Love

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“Self-love . . . is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our moral duties to others.”

Self Love Is Moral Virtue Duty Self Love Sole Gratification Violation Propensity Antagonist Moral Duty Self Gratification

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private : published by the order of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited in the Department of State

“Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.”

Love Life Heart Soul Humanity Love Is Principles Grace Duty Eternal Golden Links Inspirational Love Reconcile Prophetic Redeeming

Author:Petrarch

“The first duty of love is to listen.”