Paulo Coelho Quotes

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

That is love, to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in return.3

If we give what we treasure most to a Being we love with all our hearts, if we can do that without expecting anything in return, then the world becomes a beautiful place.

Swords don't glorify the creator-God. Love does. Self-giving love, best of all.

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 consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.

Love is giving and it has nothing to do with what you receive.

You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.

That's love, giving everything, sacrificing all without hope of return.

Love means to be willing to give until it hurts.

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

Love means giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it.

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.

Love, whether sexual, parental, or fraternal, is essentially sacrificial, and prompts a man to give his life for his friends.

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged.

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

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.

Love is when each person is more concerned for the other than for one's self.