The way of love is slower, but more certain than the way of denial. Robert Burton
When we have attained love, we have reached God, and our journey is over. Philokalia
Where there is love, there is Oneness and, in complete Oneness, the Infinite is realized completely at all times and in every sphere of life, be it science, art, religion, or beauty. Meher Baba
Love begins in two ways – by remembering ourselves and by forgetting ourselves. Rodney Collin
If you want to be loved, love. Seneca
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. Apostle Paul
Conscious love always aims at being present to the highest. Johann von Goethe
There is a courtesy of the heart that is akin to love. Goethe
True love is as rare as a double lotus. Chinese Proverb
Love is a conscious phenomenon. Peter Ouspensky
Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively. G. I. Gurdjieff
Love is the greatest warrior and the gentlest of friends. Alex Horn, student of John Pentland
We pursue more eagerly all that strengthens love. Bernard of Clairvaux
Blind love is the highest kind of love, and it alone enables us to transcend the limits set by the intellect and thus experience the ‘divine delight’ at which the mystic aims. Pico della Mirandola
He is not a lover who does not love forever. Euripides
For more on love from a Fourth Way context, see: https://www.gurdjieff.org/bragdon2.htm.
For additional quotations on work in the Fourth Way, see our recent issues, such as: https://fourthwaytoday.org/the-line-of-being/.