Iris Murdoch Quotes

I think compassion is important but love fizzles out eventually. But if there is compassion in a relationship, things can always be worked out.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved, just to love and be loved.

I have become a person who can focus more on love.

You have to give love to get love.

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

I don't think love is a tricky issue at all. Love is best understood when we share: Share time, energy, food, resources, insights, information, whatever. It's usually thought of as something that exists between two people, but that's just because it's easier to see and feel in the space between them. Each person is sharing a lot with the other.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

Life's too short. We have to love each other.

I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can't do without them.

My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

I want to build friendships. I want to come across as being a good illustration of what Jesus is like.

I believe that love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to feel good.

My mother is not a model. She is not perfect. That awareness is part of learning to love someone. Predicting the actions of someone is an act of love. We persist, even when we get it wrong. That's the beauty of love.

We are always inclined to love and care for that which we know.

The most important thing is never to forget to always have love in your heart.

I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.

I feel really privileged to have gracious and merciless people with a lot of perspective and patience in my life.

There are many doors to the heart.

Compassion, loyalty, and respect sum up love for me - it's a mix that's very rare to find and even harder to imbibe.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.