Ludwig Borne Quotes

Aim at being loved without being admired.

I let go of the notion of wanting someone to ignore the way I look in order to find me attractive, because really, what kind of relationship would that be? One where someone's only attracted to you because they're ignoring a fundamental part of you? No thanks.

Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

We all fall in love with someone for the person they are - not because of their race, their hair, or any of the frivolous things that go away in time.

Love is the expression of the one who loves, not of the one who is loved. Those who think they can love only the people they prefer do not love at all. Love discovers truths about individuals that others cannot see

A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you’re not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you’re beautiful, just the way you are.

It's nice when people love you....for you.

why couldn't someone , somewhere , want her for her ?

...once I falsely hoped to meet the beings who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of unfolding.

I think everyone has the ability to be loved.

Most of us need to be reminded that we are good, that we are lovable, that we belong. If we knew just how powerfully our thoughts, words, and actions affected the hearts of those around us, we'd reach out and join hands again and again. Our relationships have the potential to be a sacred refuge, a place of healing and awakening. With each person we meet, we can learn to look behind the mask and see the one who longs to love and be loved.

In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with.

Love is not found in the market.

People are always beautiful when you love them.

We don't need to justify love; it is there or not there. Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them.

Society teaches us conditional love; i.e., "I love you if you are the way I want you to be."

Whoever is loved is beautiful, but the opposite is not true, that whoever is beautiful is loved.

Love can only be found through the act of loving.

You're so beautiful but that's not why I love you, I'm not sure you know this but the reason I love you is you

It's a mistake to think that we have to be lovely to be loved by human beings or by God

And you still have to sqeeze into your jeans, but you're perfect to me.

Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be that thing which is the natural and proper object of love.

It's a feeling which tells me that any woman can be beautiful in the eyes of a man who loves her.

It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.

Honey, I don't care, I ain't in love with your hair, and if it all fell out I'd love you anyway.