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1		"To love is to partake of the very nature of God, to be one with God."

2		"I know no feeling of separation from any living soul for we are all one as the love of God works in and through His perfect creation."

3		"Love is a fire that kindles its first embers in the narrow nook of the private bosom, tossing a wandering spark out of another private heart, glows and enlarges until it forms and feeds upon the multitudes of men and women, upon the universal heart of all, and so lights the whole world, and all nature with its generous light." Ralph Waldo Emerson

4		"There are no barriers where love is the bridge."

5		"Each person is a center of infinite love….Through recognition, the use of infinite love within a person can grow."

6		"Man, the image and likeness of God, the very expression of God, is one with the Presence; but only his recognition of his oneness will bring unity into his experience."

7		"The Christ in me salutes the Christ in you. The Christ in me understands the Christ in you."

8		"Ask yourself in everything you do, 'Is this the loving thing to do? Is this the loving answer? Am I letting God's love live through me as I take this step?'"

9		"Love, being omnipresent, is the common denominator of all of life. As we express love we immediately find that we have something very definite in common with every part of life."

10		"Love is all-inclusive. Every small attempt on our part to let the love of God express through us brings us closer to the ultimate cosmic experience of all-inclusive love."

11		"First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others." Thomas a'Kempis, 'The Imitation of Christ'

12		"Love lives in and through each one of us. It's like electric power lying dormant. We have to turn the switch. It's there, but it's not ours until we accept it and use it."

13		"None of us achieve emotional maturity until we have learned not only to love our neighbor, to say 'I care' and mean it, but have learned to love ourselves."

14		"People say to me, 'how can I pray for another?' It's really very simple. Sit down and surround the person you are thinking of with love. Love him. Love her. Feel this love through your whole being. Then right thoughts and right words and right ideas will come to you. The real work is done when you start loving."

15		"The brotherhood of man is bound together by love."

16		"There is an old saying, 'It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.' When we tell someone 'I love you', when we spread love, even the little that each one is able to do, we are lighting a candle in the darkness and our light shines a long way."

17		"We are secure forever in the knowledge of unchanging love."

18		"Down deep we know we need to love more."

19		"The love we realize within ourselves and pass on to others will bring sanity to a disturbed world."

20		"Love is always received – it may take time for it to be understood, but it is always received for what it is."

21		"The Path is constructed by the aspirant as the spider spins its web out of the centre of his own being."

22		"Now, we see that if love does not supplant hate we will destroy ourselves. Hate, resentment and fear are destructive. Love, rightly used, is constructive and it is through love and understanding that a strong and enduring civilization will emerge."

23		"Love is everywhere present, in and through all of life. It only needs to be recognized and used, and when we understand this we find that there is no obstacle that can stand in its way."

24		"Learning to love more is the most vauable thing you can ever do."

25		"Perfect love casts out fear. Perfect love is right within you, ready to be sent forth in ever-widening circles. Learn how to release that perfect love within that casts out fear."