Famous Quotes on the Transformational Power of Love
Martin Luther King Jr.
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Where there is love, there is life.”
Jesus (as recorded in John 13:35)
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Rumi
“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.”
Nelson Mandela
“No one is born hating another person… People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart.”
Lao Tzu
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Victor Hugo
“To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further.”
Leo Tolstoy
“Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”
Desmond Tutu
“Without forgiveness, there’s no future; but without love, there’s no forgiveness.”
Maya Angelou
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“The day will come when, after harnessing the winds, the tides, and gravity, we shall harness the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.”
Paulo Coelho
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
The Apostle Paul (1 Corinthians 13)
“If I have all knowledge and can fathom all mysteries, but have not love, I am nothing… Love never fails.”
Helen Keller
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.”