Top Love Quotes & Sayings of All Time

The following is our collection of Quotes about love or Romance that we feel are the top quoted quotes of all time. We have not placed these quotes in any particular order. Make sure to check them all out, they are great! (http://www.1-love-quotes.com/)

1. “A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous.” Ingrid Bergmen
2. Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love” which any of us can convince ourselves we are.
3. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
   – Captain Corelli’s Mandolin. “Love is the beauty of the soul.” St. Augustine
4. “My night has become a sunny dawn because of you.” Ibn Abbad
5. “In real love you want the other person’s good. In romantic love you want the other person.” Margaret Anderson
6. “In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.” Janos Arnay
7. “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” Aristotle
8. “Each moment of a happy lover’s hour is worth an age of dull and common life.” Aphra Behn
9. “Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.” Sarah Bernhardt

10.  “In my wildest dreams, you always play the hero. In my darkest hour of night, you rescue me, you save my life.” Bliss and Cerney

11.  “Come live with me and be my love, and we will some new pleasures prove, of golden sands, and crystal beaches, with silken lines and silver hooks…” John Dunne

12.  “What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes…” Elizabeth Barret Browning

13.  “I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach…” Elizabeth Barrett Browning

14.  “Take away love, and our earth is a tomb.” Robert Browning

15.  “But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever.” Robert Burns

16.  “She walks in Beauty, like the night
Of cloudness climes and starry skies,
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes…” Lord Byron

17.  “Like music on the waters is they sweet voice to me.” Lord Byron

18.  “I love you, not only for what you are, But for what I am when I am with you.” Roy Croft

19.  “You’re nothing short of my everything.” Ralph Block

20.  “The only true gift is a portion of yourself.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

21.  “Thou art to me a delicious torment.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

22.  “Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart.” Euripides

23.  “I love her and that’s the beginning of everything.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

24.  “I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun-warmed, flower-bordered path.” Andre Gide

25.  “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” Robert Heinlein

26.  “Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

27.  “What I feel for you seems less of earth and more of a cloudless heaven.” Victor Hugo

28.  “It’s so easy, To think about Love, To Talk about Love, To wish for Love, But it’s not always easy, To recognize Love, Even when we hold it…. In our hands.” Jaka

29.  “Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.” John Keats

30.  “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” Helen Keller

31.  “… See there’s this place in me where your fingerprints still rest, your kisses still linger, and your whispers softly echo. It’s the place where a part of you will forever be a part of me.” Gretchen Kemp

32.  “When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.” Amy Lowell

33.  “Make me immortal with a kiss.” Christopher Marlowe

34.  “Oh, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.” Christopher Marlowe

35.  “Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.” Alphonse Marie de la Martine

36.  “In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.” Mignon McLaughlin

37.  “We came by night to the Fortunate Isles, And lay like fish Under the net of our kisses.” Pablo Neruda

38.  “The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain signing to it…you and you alone make me feel that I am alive…Other men, it is said, have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.” George Moore

39.  “In love there are two things: bodies and words.” Joyce Carol Oates

40.  “I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves.” Rumi

41.  “I miss you even more than I could have believed; and I was prepared to miss you a good deal.” Vita Sackville-West

42.  “Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

43.  “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

44.  “There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.” George Sand

45.  “Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart.” Robert Sexton

46.  “My heart is ever at your service.” William Shakespeare

47.  “The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite.” William Shakespeare

48.  “Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.” Alexander Smith

49.  “I am my beloved, and my beloved is me.” Song of Solomon

50.  “Her breath is like honey spiced with cloves, Her mouth delicious as a ripened mango.” Srzgarakarika

51.  “To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.” Karen Sunde

52.  “Love, till dawn sunder night from day with fire Dividing my delight and my desire…” A. C. Swinburne

53.  “Love is friendship set on fire.” Jeremy Taylor

54.  “Within you I lose myself. Without you I find myself wanting to become lost again.” Unknown

55.  “Somewhere there’s someone who dreams of your smile…” Unknown

56.  “I see my fated stars in your eyes. They melt me like the sun does snow.” Unknown

57.  “The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart.” Unknown

58.  “To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your lover was all I ever dreamed.” Unknown

59.  “If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you made me smile, I would have the whole night sky in the palm of my hand.” Unknown

60.  “If you love me only in my dreams, let me be asleep forever.” Unknown

61.  “Kiss me and you will see stars; love me and I will give them to you.” Unknown

62.  “Love is a dream that comes alive when we meet.”  Unknown

63.  “The soul that can speak with its eyes can also kiss with a gaze.” Unknown

64.  “Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essense.” Vincent van Gogh

65.  “Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto.” Lope de Vega

66.  “Here are fruits, flowers, leaves, and branches, And here is my heart which beats only for you.” Paul Verlaine

67.  “When a heart finds another, what’s a cloud more or less in the sky?” Wolf and Page

68.  “The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman’s heart. Josiah G. Holland

69.  “From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven. And when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, their streams of light flow together, and a single brighter light goes forth from their united being.” Unknown

70.  “The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one’s relationship has a growing depth, beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life.” Sir Hugh Walpole

71.  “Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.” Erich Fromm

72.  “You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.” Sam Keen

73.  “The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.” Victor Hugo

74.  “True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.” Antoine De Saint-Exupery

75.  “Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.” Germaine De Stael

76.  “The life and love we create is the life and love we live.” Leo Buscaglia

77.  “For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.” Ivan Panin

78.  “Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.” J. Isham

79.  “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” Lao Tzu

80.  “The most eloquent silence; that of two mouths meeting in a kiss.” Unknown

81.  “Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.” St. Augustine

82.  “Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.” Thomas Fuller

83.  “Paradise is always where love dwells.” Jean Paul F. Richter

84.  “True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.” Honore de Balzac

85.  “We are all born for love… it is the principle existence and it’s only end.” Benjamin Disraeli

86.  “Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

87.  “Love doesn’t make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” Elizabeth Browning

88.  “When you are in Love you can’t fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams. ” Dr Suese

89.  “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” Herman Hesse

90.  “So dear I love him that with him,
All deaths I could endure.
Without him, live no life.” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

91.  “Love is like a friendship caught on fire: In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.” Bruce Lee

92.  “She walks in beauty,
Like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.” Byron

93.  “….A simple I love you means more than money….” Frank Sinatra

94.  “How delicious is the winning of a kiss at love’s beginning.” Thomas Campbell

95.  “One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.” Sophocles

96.  “Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” Mark Twain

97.  “Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep… wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you’ re just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have YOU… The one who turns to his friends and says, thats her… ” Unknown

98.  “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” Henry David Thoreau

99.  “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.” Alfred Lord Tennyson

100. “All love is sweet, given or returned.” Percy Bysshe Shelley

 

Mengapa Cinta Bisa Singkirkan Sahabat

By Petti Lubis, Mutia Nugraheni

Pernah merasa diri Anda tersisihkan karena sahabat mulai menjalin cinta? Jangan khawatir, Anda mungkin bukan satu-satunya orang yang merasa demikian. Sebab, menurut ilmuwan di Oxford University, setiap kali mulai menjalin cinta, kita ‘membuang’ dua teman terdekat.

Penelitian menunjukkan, sebagian besar dari kita tidak memiliki cukup waktu untuk sebuah persahabatan intim dengan lebih dari empat atau lima orang. Dan, cinta dari pasangan baru membuat dua teman terdekat tersingkir, dan ia masuk ke lingkaran dalam perasaan Anda. 

“Jika Anda menjalani hubungan romantis, sebenarnya sama dengan ‘biaya’ dua teman dekat. Daripada memiliki lima yang biasa saja, mereka lebih ingin memiliki empat teman dekat. Dan mengingat bahwa salah seorang dari mereka adalah orang-orang baru yang datang ke dalam kehidupan Anda, berarti Anda harus ‘menyingkirkan’ dua orang lain,” kata Profesor Robin Dunbar, ahli biologi evolusi, seperti dikutip dari Daily Mail.

Menurut penelitian, pria cenderung memiliki empat atau lima teman dekat, sedangkan wanita lima atau enam. Namun, pria lebih mudah melepaskan teman-temannya saat mulai berhubungan romantis, hal itu jika dibandingkan dengan wanita, hal ini diketahui dari penelitian pada pria dan wanita yang berusia 18 hingga 60.

Perhatian sepenuhnya akan berfokus pada pasangan, dan Anda tidak lagi menganggap sahabat atau orang lain yang pernah menjalin hubungan dekat. Menurut profesor Dunbar bukan hanya pasangan yang bisa menjauhkan Anda dari sahabat. Memiliki anak atau anjing juga menimbulkan efek yang sama.

 

Sulitnya Memilih

Sulitnya Memilih

Saat kita diperhadapkan dengan apa yang namanya pilihan, maka sebagai konsekuensi kita harus juga menentukan apa yang menjadi pilihan. Sebuah pilihan selalu datang bersama dengan kesempatan untuk memilih. Sekalipun itu adalah pilihan yang sangat sulit, tetap saja dibarengi dengan sebuah kesempatan untuk memilih.

Manusia seringkali diperhadapkan dengan pilihan. Mulai dari pilihan-pilihan yang paling sederhana sampai pada pilihan-pilihan sulit yang membutuhkan waktu dan pertimbangan dalam menentukan sebuah pilihan. Berhubungan dengan pilihan, manusia juga sering menjawab pilihan-pilihan mereka dengan berbagai cara. Contohnya cara penentuan pilihan yang tanpa berpikir panjang atau memilih tanpa dasar memiliki dasar pemikiran yang kuat. Meskipun orang sering berkata bahwa mereka tidak memilih tetapi pada dasarnya mereka sendiri sudah menentukan pilihan, yakni sebuah pilihan yang berdasar atas keinginan mereka sendiri.

Mari kita mulai dengan berbicara mengenai pilihan. Oleh karena setiap orang berhak menentukan pilihan maka sudah menjadi haknya pula untuk memberikan pilihan-pilihan. Dalam hidupnya manusia selalu bergelut dengan permasalahan. Guna menyikapinya, maka munculah pilihan-pilihan dalam benak manusia itu sendiri. Ide atas pilihan-pilihan ini berdasar atas keinginan untuk pemuasan diri, keamanan, kenyamanan, penyelesaian, dan lain sebagainya. Ide atas pilihan manusia bahkan seringkali didasari atas sifat egois-individualis dari manusia itu sendiri. Tetapi, hal itu dirasa bukanlah merupakan sesuatu yang salah, karna itu adalah hak dari setiap orang. Hal yang seharusnya bagi kita manusia dalam membuat pilihan-pilihan adalah pertimbangan. Pertimbangan terhadap masalah, diikuti dengan penentuan pilihan-pilihan, apabila dilakukan dengan perenungan dan pemikiran yang mendalam dan menyeluruh, akan membawa manusia kepada suatu penentuan yang baik dan benar.

Hal yang sama juga berlaku untuk penentuan pilihan sebagai respons terhadap adanya pilihan-pilihan. Ketika diperhadapkan dengan banyaknya pilihan di depan kita, maka pemikiran dan pertimbangan yang tepat menjadi pilihan yang terbaik bagi kita. Karena setiap pertimbangan atau pemikiran akan didasari dengan pengertian yang menyeluruh terhadap setiap pilihan yang ada, dan diputusan dengan akal sehat.

Pilihan hidup, sesuatu yang sangat relatif bagi setiap orang. Hal ini terindikasi lewat setiap pilihan yang dibuat dan diambil oleh manusia. Ada yang memilih untuk dirinya sendiri, juga ada yang memilih untuk orang lain. Ada yang memilih demi kesenangan ada juga pilihan yang mengorbankan. Kesemuanya itu sering dianggap sebagai pilihan terbaik. Oleh karena itu, pilihan yang baik dan benar haruslah memiliki dasar. Apakah yang seharusnya menjadi dasar? Manusia adalah mahluk yang diberi akal budi dan kebijaksanaan oleh Sang Pencipta. Dengan demikian sebagai mahluk yang memiliki intelektualitas (dengan adanya akal budi), patutlah kita menggunakan otak untuk membuat dan menentukan pilihan. Bagaimana menggunakannya? Yaitu dengan pemahaman, pertimbangan, analisis, perenungan, maupun pemikiran mendalam atas setiap masalah. Adanya hal-hal di atas akan membuat pilihan dan penentuannya menjadi baik dan benar, meskipun akan memberikan pilihan yang mungkin kurang berkenan atau tidak memuasakan bagi diri sendiri maupun orang lain.

Pilihan dalam cinta. Banyak orang berpendapat bahwa cinta itu sangat berperasaan. Hal demikian membuat pilihan atas cinta senantiasa didominasi oleh perasaan. Tetapi pernahkah kita berpikir untuk meletakkan dasar pilihan-pilihan mengenai cinta di atas sebuah pemahaman, pertimbangan, analisis, perenungan, atau pemikiran yang mendalam? Menggunakan perasaan adalah hal yang wajar dan akan cukup membantu penentuan pilihan, tetapi keputusan akan lebih bermakna dan baik apabila dibarengi dengan pemikiran. Hati dan otak bekerja bersama untuk menciptakan pilihan-pilihan dan juga bekerja dalam pengambilan keputusan. Maka, apabila dalam suatu permasalahan cinta kita diperhadapkan dalam sebuah dilema yang mengharuskan kita membuat pilihan-pilihan yang cukup sulit, pemahaman dan pertimbangan akan memberikan pengertian melampaui perasaan kita untuk menentukan yang baik dan benar bagi kehidupan kita. Itulah hal terindah yang diberikan Sang Pencipta bagi kita manusia untuk mempergunakan pikiran dan perasaan kita sebagai penentu pilihan dalam hidup.

Demikianlah kita manusia yang telah diberi akal budi dan kebijaksanaan dapat mempergunakan intelektualitas sebagai dasar berpikir dan bahan pertimbangan dalam menentukan pilihan. Atas segala hak kita membuat dan menentukan pilihan, mari kita aplikasikan akal budi dan kebijaksanaan, dan niscahya apa yang kita buat dan ambil sebagai pilihan akan baik dan benar.

By: Emmor