” The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” Thomas Merton

” The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” Thomas Merton
” I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it’s these things I’d believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn’t all she should be. I love her…
” To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” Oscar Wilde
” A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.” Tomas Carlyle
” Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. ” Mother Teresa