Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“When two people achieve lasting happiness, this is not solely because they are great lovers but because they are also—I must put it crudely—good…

— C.S. Lewis

“And so at last, instead of loving contention and glory, men become lovers of trade and money; they honour and look up to the…

— Plato

“but both their minds tending to the same point—one loving and desiring to esteem, and the other loving and desiring to be esteemed—they contrived…

— Emily Brontë

“People do what they have to in this life. We try to get from one end of it to the other with dignity and…

— Cristina Henrxedquez

“Bondage And Service - that was what they all demanded and from everyone. This craving to find themselves in another, to subjugate and appropriate…

— Hermann Bahr

“And then there's another snag you keep coming across: such decent and sensible people keep appearing in life, such wise men, and such lovers…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Men who, in the best of circumstances and with all the ability to dictate all that would have been just, fine, and good for…

— Emmanuel Sieyés

“All the relationships I’ve witnessed have been parasitic. One person would bleed the other person of all their energy and love so that they…

— Loretta Lost

“In happiness and misery, remember one thing. Sex and wealth are the great symbols of manhood. They are inspiring symbols. They sustain life. But…

— Anonymous

“All human beings crave that closeness of another. Its the desire to have one person in the world want to you to be associated…

— Miss Gath

“in the union of nature, loyalty is no dream! We part only to be more intimately at one, more divinely at peace with all,…

— Friedrich Hölderlin

“... they all have a place and purpose of their own. They have their own dignity and their own destinies to fulfill, in a…

— Wayne Pacelle