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“A happy but miserable state in which man finds himself from time to time; sometimes he believes he is happy by loving, then suddenly he finds how miserable he is. It is all joy, it sweetens life, but it does not last. It comes and goes, but when it is active, there is no greater virtue, because it makes one supremely happy.”

Men Love Believe Doe Sometimes States Lasts Joy Virtue Greater Active Miserable Comes And Goes

Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

“Love has its name borrowed by a great number of dealings and affairs that are attributed to it--in which it has no greater part than the Doge in what is done at Venice.”

Love Done Names Numbers Greater Affair Borrowed Venice Dealings

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The Church is the home that accepts everyone and refuses no one ... the greater the sin, the greater the love that the Church should show towards those who convert.”

Love Should Shows Home Church Sin Accepting Greater Refuse

Author:Pope Francis

“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.”

Source: Stranger in a Strange Land

“It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.”

Love Believe May Mother Found Sin Love Is Greater Failing Humility Daughter Gains Corners Commit Occasions Midst My Daughter Believe In Me Lapses

Book:Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila

Source: Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila

“The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.”

Love Life Inspirational Giving Race Consciousness Greater Exercise Activity Essentials Elements And Love Affection Appropriate Blessedness Power And Love

Book:Receiving and Giving: A Baccalaureate Sermon, Delivered at Williamstown , Ms. August 15, 1852. Published by Request of the Class

Source: Receiving and Giving: A Baccalaureate Sermon, Delivered at Williamstown , Ms. August 15, 1852. Published by Request of the Class