October 4

Not only does love provide an inner spiritual joy to those who experience it, but it is also the main prerequisite for a happy worldly life.

1

True love is not the love for a single individual, but a spiritual state of being ready to love everyone—the only state in which we perceive the divine source of our soul.

2

Do not think that by treating people kindly you are making a gift to your neighbors: you are making this gift to yourself.

3

Do not try to attract the love of others: love, and you will be loved.

— From “Devout Thoughts”

4

To turn the bitterness of life’s experiences into kind-heartedness, ingratitude into benevolence, insults into forgiveness—that is the sacred alchemy of high souls. And this transformation should become so habitual, so easy, that it appears natural and we do not need people’s approval for it.

— Amiel

5

To love means to live the life of the one you love.

6

The sage has no concerns of his own. The concerns of the people become his own. With goodness he meets goodness, and with goodness also he meets evil. He meets the faithful with faith, and with the same faith he meets the faithless.

The sage, living in the world, is concerned with his relationship with the people. He feels for all people, and everyone turns to him their eyes and ears.

— Laozi

7

Love reveals to us a beneficent mystery: to live in harmony with yourself and with all people.

— From “Devout Thoughts”

8

There is no action that is profitable without love, but every action inspired by love, however insignificant it may seem, yields abundant fruits.

— From “Devout Thoughts”

9

Religion is the highest form of love.

— Parker

The more a person expresses his love, the more people love him. And the more people love him, the easier it is for him to love others; that is why love is infinite.