David Rakoff Quotes

Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person.

In fact, when care appears, unconditional love often vanishes.

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.

I love my mother so much, because I see the whole of her.

Everyone deserves good love.

After a man falls madly in love, he no longer cares how old she is.

The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.

Love gives itself; it is not bought.

The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

There is no greater power in Heaven or on Earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love.

My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.

God, I love John Cassavetes.

Love comes unseen; we only see it go.

I think modern medicine has become like a prophet offering a life free of pain. It is nonsense. The only thing I know that truly heals people is unconditional love.

True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

Strange but true: those who have loved God most have loved men least.

I think love is blind. You don't see it; you don't hear what people are saying or what you're saying. You don't see what you're doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That's it.

I love my children to death.

My husband and I adore our animals and are so passionate. They've given us so much love - they've given us so much.

I would want everyone to love someone in the purest sense of the word - an unconditional love in which you don't expect anything in return.

When I love something, I love it all the way.