Barbara de Angelis Quotes

Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.

How wonderful it would be if the love of God was our priority and the love of neighbour flowed from that.

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruits other than sorrow or joy. Love is beyond either condition: without spring, without autumn, it is always fresh.

Your greatest achievement is to love me.

We are often unaware of how much we love the people around us. This is true for everyone. We may think that we love certain people, but we don't know how profoundly we love them.

Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.

Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits.

Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Love is so unconditional; love liberates; love is the reason why I do what I do, and so I think it is the greatest gift we have.

Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it.

Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.

Luckily, no one I've ever been in love with has needed me to save their life!

Jesus did not only serve the needs of the people, but truly hoped that the people and Jesus would be one.

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

The highest proof of the spirit is love. Love the eternal thing which can already on earth possess as it really is.

The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.

Love is the cheapest of religions.

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.

No deep and strong feeling, such as we may come across here and there in the world, is unmixed with compassion. The more we love, the more the object of our love seems to us to be a victim.

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.