--- title: "8 Love Implies Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Love Implies quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Love Implies sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/m-scott-peck-2-42209_feeling-love_love-is-not-a-feeling-love-is-an-action_508258.jpg" --- > [Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies commitment and the exercise of wisdom. .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck-2/love-is-not-a-feeling-love-is-an-action-an-activity-genuine-love/) [M Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/m-scott-peck-2-42209_feeling-love_love-is-not-a-feeling-love-is-an-action_508258.jpg) > [“Those who believe their suffering has been valuable love more readily than those who see no meaning in their pain. Suffering does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-solomon/those-who-believe-their-suffering-has-been-valuable-love-more-readily/) [Andrew Solomon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-solomon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/andrew-solomon-1140_love_those-who-believe-their-suffering-has-be_801305.jpg) > [Friendship is not to be sought for its wages, but because its revenue consists entirely in the love which it implies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/friendship-is-not-to-be-sought-for-its-wages-but-because-its-revenue/) [Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/marcus-tullius-cicero-157_friendship_friendship-is-not-to-be-sought-for-its-w_1138504.jpg) > [“We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to 'like' one another. Love governs the will: 'liking' is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/we-are-obliged-to-love-one-another-we-are-not-strictly-bound-to-like-2/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c77/thomas-merton-231_duty_we-are-obliged-to-love-one-another-we-ar_1496012.jpg) > [Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/love-implies-anger-the-man-who-is-angered-by-nothing-cares-about/) [Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/edward-abbey-254_anger_love-implies-anger-the-man-who-is-angere_1700048.png) > [“To me at least, poetry like love- implies a magical approach to life, quite different from the presently accepted rational way of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-roberts/to-me-at-least-poetry-like-love-implies-a-magical-approach-to-life/) [Jane Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2a/jane-roberts-7766_life_to-me-at-least-poetry-like-love-implies_2127999.jpg) > [If we wait for some people to become agreeable or attractive before we begin to love them, we will never begin. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/if-we-wait-for-some-people-to-become-agreeable-or-attractive-before/) [Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/thomas-merton-231_attractive_if-we-wait-for-some-people-to-become-agr_2354518.jpg) > [“Love and translation look alike in their grammar. To love someone implies transforming their words into ours. Making an effort to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-s-neuman/love-and-translation-look-alike-in-their-grammar-to-love-someone/) [Andrés Neuman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-s-neuman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ef/andr-s-neuman-25746_grammar_love-and-translation-look-alike-in-their_2401566.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-implies/#itemlist", "name": "Love Implies Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is not a feeling. 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