Love requires that we overcome the traditional and self-defeating fears that place distance between ourselves and others.

Why do we protect children from life? It's no wonder that we become afraid to live. We're not told what life really is. We're not told that life is joy and wonder and magic and even rapture, if you can get involved enough. We're not told that life is also pain, misery, despair, unhappiness, and tears. I don't know about you, but I don't want to miss any of it. I want to embrace life, and I want to find out what it's all about. I wouldn't want to go through life without knowing what it is to cry.

One does not fall "in" or "out" of love. One grows in love.

A wife says to her husband (or vice versa), "Do you love me?""Of course," he replies. "I've been married to you for twenty years, haven't I?"How satisfied would we be if we presented someone with a vintage wine and, upon asking his opinion of it, he replied, "I'm drinking it, aren't I?"Love still needs expression between those who share it.

Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance

The human need to play is a powerful one. When we ignore it, we feel there is something missing in our lives.

We are so ruled by what people tell us we must be that we have forgotten who we are.