Definition of love Quote by Bell Hooks

I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

— M. Scott Peck

“I have defined love as the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. Genuine love is…

— M. Scott Peck

To love is to be balanced, to extend one's self beyond the sense of self.

— Frederick Lenz

“Our ability to understand, to embrace, to help, to know, to feel and to love is bounded only by our own emotional ambitions. The…

— Anna Quindlen

“Love is a spiritual practice that matures us as we try and try again to leave behind our isolation, expose our vulnerabilities, and make…

— Nanette Sawyer

“Love transcends mere coexistence. It fosters an original partnership where we can evolve as independent individuals creating mutual growth and inspiring goals. When we…

— Erik Pevernagie

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Although the act of nurturing another's spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one's own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the…

— M. Scott Peck

Love ... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy and allows mutual discovery.

— Anne Truitt

What is love? From the spiritual and inner point of view, love is self-expansion. Human love binds and is bound. Divine Love expands, enlarges…

— Sri Chinmoy

Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.

— Emanuel Swedenborg

Love: To feel with one's whole self the existence of another being…

— Simone Weil