Love one another but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls.
- Khalil Gibran
Love is the absence of judgment.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The best relationship is one in which
your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
- Anonymous
Love without jealousy. Love without need.
Let love be an unconditional gift.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Love Allows Freedom
7 Secrets of Happy Couples
Possession Is Not Love
Celebrating Your Differences
Don't fall for looks, they can deceive.
Don't fall for wealth, in the end it fades away.
Find someone who makes you smile
because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
- Anonymous
Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of
becoming passionate friends.
- Harville Hendrix
A loving relationship is one in which
the loved one is free to be himself -
to laugh with me, but never at me;
to cry with me, but never because of me;
to love life, to love himself,
to love being loved.
Such a relationship is based upon freedom
and can never grow in a jealous heart.
- Leo F. Buscaglia
Love allows your beloved the freedom to be unlike you.
Attachment asks for conformity to your needs and desires.
Love imposes no demands.
Attachment expresses an overwhelming demand – "Make me feel whole."
Love expands beyond the limits of two people.
Attachment tries to exclude everything but two people.
- Deepak Chopra
Further reading:
7 Secrets of Happy Couples
Acceptance Makes a Great Relationship Even Better
Renewing Love
Celebrating Your Differences
Love one another but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls.
- Khalil Gibran
Love is the absence of judgment.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
The best relationship is one in which
your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
- Anonymous
True love is a process of co-creation
in which neither feels ownership or superiority.
Jealousy is a highly destructive force
for love and relationships.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Love Allows Freedom
7 Secrets of Happy Couples
Possession Is Not Love
Celebrating Your Differences
Love that does not renew itself every day
becomes a habit and in turn a slavery.
- Khalil Gibran
Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of
becoming passionate friends.
- Harville Hendrix
No partner in a love relationship should feel
that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.
- May Sarton
The magic words for a great relationship are,
"I love you just the way you are."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Celebrating Your Differences
7 Secrets of Happy Couples
Marriage
Coping with Heartbreak
Say It Out Loud
