Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.

Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.

By nature, most people are controlled by their emotions. They feel sad, so they look sad.

If we are to develop an intimate relationship, we need to know each other's desires. If we wish to love each other, we need to know what the other person wants.

The reality is, if you go to the library and read biographies, thousands of people have changed, radically changed. St. Augustine was one of them. He lived a terrible a life for the first 33 years, and then he radically changed.

Lack of love from parents often motivates their children to go searching for love in other relationships. This search is often misguided and leads to further disappointment.

Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.