--- title: "2 Human love Quotes By Simon May" description: "2 Human love quotes by Simon May. Plus more from Simon May and more Human love sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/simon-may-53033_divine-love_human-love-now-even-more-than-then-is-wi_1743341.jpg" --- > [“Human love, now even more than then, is widely tasked with achieving what once only divine love was thought capable of: to be our ultimate source of meaning and happiness, and of power over suffering and disappointment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/human-love-now-even-more-than-then-is-widely-tasked-with-achieving/) [Simon May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-may/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/simon-may-53033_divine-love_human-love-now-even-more-than-then-is-wi_1743341.jpg) > [“By imputing to human love features properly reserved for divine love, such as the unconditional and the eternal, we falsify the nature of this most conditional and time-bound and earthy emotion, and force it to labour under intolerable expectations. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/by-imputing-to-human-love-features-properly-reserved-for-divine-love/) [Simon May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-may/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/simon-may-53033_divine-love_by-imputing-to-human-love-features-prope_2748786.jpg) ## Other authors on Human love - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rainer-maria-rilke-76940.jpg) Rainer Maria Rilke 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-love/rainer-maria-rilke/) - [Padma Aon Prakasha 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-love/padma-aon-prakasha/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-leo-tolstoy-55.jpg) Leo Tolstoy 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-love/leo-tolstoy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dietrich-bonhoeffer-29418.jpg) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-love/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) ## More by Simon May > [Failure is life's magnifying glass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/failure-is-life-s-magnifying-glass/) [Simon May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-may/) > [Greed often finds more pleasure in taking from others than in giving to itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/greed-often-finds-more-pleasure-in-taking-from-others-than-in-giving/) [Simon May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-may/) > [“This is how all love works. Like Israel's love for God, love does not need deep knowledge of the other to be evoked and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/this-is-how-all-love-works-like-israel-s-love-for-god-love-does-not/) [Simon May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-may/) > [“This is the feeling that I call ‘ontological rootedness’ – ontology being that branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and experience of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/this-is-the-feeling-that-i-call-ontological-rootedness-ontology-being/) [Simon May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-may/) > [“Human love, now even more than then, is widely tasked with achieving what once only divine love was thought capable of: to be our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/human-love-now-even-more-than-then-is-widely-tasked-with-achieving/) [Simon May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-may/) > [“By imputing to human love features properly reserved for divine love, such as the unconditional and the eternal, we falsify the nature of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/by-imputing-to-human-love-features-properly-reserved-for-divine-love/) [Simon May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-may/) > [The only 'natural enemies' are those who take one's very nature as an offence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/the-only-natural-enemies-are-those-who-take-one-s-very-nature-as-an/) [Simon May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-may/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-love/simon-may/#itemlist", "name": "2 Human love Quotes By Simon May", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Human love, now even more than then, is widely tasked with achieving what once only divine love was thought capable of: to be our ultimate source of meaning and happiness, and of power over suffering and disappointment.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Simon May" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-may/human-love-now-even-more-than-then-is-widely-tasked-with-achieving/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/simon-may-53033_divine-love_human-love-now-even-more-than-then-is-wi_1743341.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/simon-may-53033_divine-love_human-love-now-even-more-than-then-is-wi_1743341.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/simon-may-53033_divine-love_human-love-now-even-more-than-then-is-wi_1743341.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Human love, now even more than then, is widely tasked with achieving what once only divine love was thought…” — Simon May", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“By imputing to human love features properly reserved for divine love, such as the unconditional and the eternal, we falsify the nature of this most conditional and time-bound and earthy emotion, and force it to labour under intolerable expectations. 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