Love One Another
Avalon Nuovo
“She said, "As long as we're with each other--"
"We know we're in exactly the right place," he finished.”
- Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold
Charles Chaisson
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
- John Lennon
Daren Lin
“It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Lili des Bellons
"We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity."
- George Takei
Ryan Garcia
“Our task must be to free ourselves from our prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all humanity and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
- Albert Einstein
Maria Corte
“Sometimes the simplest solution out of conflict is becoming someone’s friend, instead of saying goodbye forever.”
- Shannon L. Alder
Rob Rey
“Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together.”
- Nicole Krauss
Thomas Ehretsmann
“You could hold me and I could hold you. And it would be so peaceful. Completely peaceful. Like the feeling of sleep, but awake in it together.”
- John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Mark Summers
“Before you live, love. Before you expire, inspire. Let your love be an inspiration to someone to also love another and together we build up a happy world!”
- Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords
Julia Yellow
“We're all in this together if we're in it at all.”
- Johnny Cash
Tallulah Fontaine
“We all have biases whether we admit it or not. Based on our vast experiences, upbringing, influences, choices and more. My question is, can you check ‘em at the door? And can you expand your capacity for understanding such that you are able to love even more? Before you judge, look within. Know that you might not even know. Then we can find common ground and continue to expand our hearts for anyone in need of more love. Humanity depends on it.”
- Julieanne O'Connor
Wenjia Tang
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
- Edith Wharton
- Edith Wharton
Maciej Frolow
“The message of love is powerful not because of its complexity but because of its simplicity. Love simply means Love. Nothing more, nothing less. It is what it is. It is what all is. Love. Simply love.”
- Wald Wassermann
Zach Meyer
"When all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free."
- Barack Obama
- Barack Obama
Ricardo Martinez
"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself."
- Harvey Fierstein
Tran Nguyen
“Never loan your heart to hatred; it pays you back with self-destruction. Majority of people living are not aware that anger is an acid that destroys its own container.”
- Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365
Maya Ish-Shalom
“Love each other dearly always. There is scarcely anything else in the world but that: to love one another.”
- Victor Hugo
Vanessa Branchi
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
- Margaret Mead
Mengxin Li
"The beauty of standing up for your rights is others will see you standing and stand up as well."
- Columnist Cassandra Duffy
Eleni Kalorkoti
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yulong Lli
“We’re not passengers on Spaceship Earth, we’re the crew. We’re not just residents on this planet, we’re citizens. The difference in both cases is responsibility.”
- Russell Schweiker, U.S. Apollo 9 astronaut
Paul Cox
“Doesn’t everyone want to feel in the night the beloved body, compass, polestar, to hear the quiet breathing that says I am alive, that means also you are alive, because you hear me, you are here with me.”
- Louise Glück, Averno
Edward Kinsella
“Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours.”
- Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
Gary Kelley
"The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference."
- Eli Wiesel
Niklas Asker
“If you're feeling helpless, help someone. ”
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Dominic Kesterton
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
- Desmond Tutu
- Desmond Tutu
Eric Petersen
“Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?”
- Budd Schulberg
Rose Wong
“Love as if everyone is your brother or sister. Take care of this world as if it is your beloved home.”
- Debasish Mridha
Daniel Goldfarb
“And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand and walk next to us.”
- James Frey, The Final Testament of the Holy Bible
Bill Sanderson
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
-Harriet Tubman
Chase Stone
“Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that generation.”
- Nelson Mandela
Christina Chung
“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”
- John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love
Bruce Hutchison
"The only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things, like a sip of good whiskey in the evening, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk, or a feisty gentleman like myself"
- Augustus McCrae to Lorena Wood from "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry
David Johnson
“A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.”
- Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
Bomboland
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
- Helen Keller
Joan Alturo
“Stick to love; it is heavy and it will carry you. Avoid hatred; it is heavy and you have to carry it. It is left to you to make your choice.”
- Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
Ana Gomez Bernaus
“There will never be no love at all.”
- Bob Marley
- Bob Marley
