Dear
Friend,
Poets,
crooners, lovers, romantics, men, women, and religious thinkers. For centuries, all have been trying to
describe love. With Valentine's Day just around the
corner, we would like to present you with our own Whitman's Sampler of quotes
about love from the various religions that are part of the InterAct Cleveland
family. Enjoy!
Baha'i:
"Kindle
the fire of love and burn away all things, 
Then set thy foot into the land of the lovers."
Bahá'u'lláh
"And if,
by the help of God, he findeth on this journey a trace of the traceless Friend,
and inhaleth the fragrance of the long-lost Joseph from the heavenly messenger,
he shall straightway step into the Valley of Love and be dissolved in the fire
of love. In this city the heaven of ecstasy is upraised and the world-illuming
sun of yearning shineth, and the fire of love is ablaze; and when the fire of
love is ablaze, it burneth to ashes the harvest of reason."
From The
Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh
More
quotes found here.
Buddhist:
you learn to express your love for the whole of humanity and all beings."
More
quotes found here.
Christian:
"Whoever
does not love does not know God, because God is love."
1 John 4:8
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear
has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
1 John 4:18
More
quotes found here.
Hindu:
Vivekananda
"All
love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only
law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore, love
for love's sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live."
Vivekananda
More
quotes found here
and here
"Who
acts from love is greater than who acts from fear."
Talmud, Sota
"Three
things have a faint savor of the world to come: Sabbath, the sun and married
love."
Talmud,
Berakhot
More
quotes found here.
Islam:
"God
kindles the fire of love in the hearts of the chosen, so that their carnal
selves are consumed. Once ignited the fire of longing never dies. That is the
flame about which the Prophet said, 'When God wills the good of his servant, He
kindles a light of faith in his heart.'"
Abu Sa'id,
"Rabi'a the Mys
"In
thy soul of love build thou a fire
And burn all thoughts and words entire."
Jalalu`d-Din Rúmi
More
quotes found here
and here.
With nobody to enjoy its fragrance."
Kabirji, Gauri Rag
"True love is the highest stage of spiritual perfection."
Baba Narinder
Singh Ji
More quotes
found here and here
Unitarian Universalist:
Francis David
"Love
is the spirit of this church, and service is its law. This is our great
covenant: to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love, and to help
one another."
James Vila
Blake
What are a few of your own sonnets? Share your favorite verses or lines with us below.
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