„I can fight only for something that I love. I can love only what I respect. And in order to respect a thing I must at least have some knowledge of it.“
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„I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you“
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning English poet, author 1806 - 1861

„I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow“
— Woodrow Wilson American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921) 1856 - 1924
Context: I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow, and I have borrowed a lot since I read it to you first.
Speech to the National Press Club http://books.google.com/books?id=8gLmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA439 (20 March 1914)<!--PWW 29:364-->

„I think that truth is the highest value, although it has to be embedded in love. What I mean by that is that truth should serve the highest good imaginable. For me, that is what is best for each individual, in the manner that is simultaneously best for the family, and the state, and nature itself. But you can only want that good if you love Being.“
— Jordan Peterson Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology 1962

„I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.“
— Pablo Neruda Chilean poet 1904 - 1973

„No mistake about it. Ice is cold; roses are red; I'm in love. And this love is about to carry me off somewhere. The current's too overpowering; I don't have any choice. It may very well be a special place, some place I've never seen before. Danger may be lurking there, something that may end up wounding me deeply, fatally. I might end up losing everything. But there's no turning back. I can only go with the flow. Even if it means I'll be burned up, gone forever.“
— Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart

„We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.“
— Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

„We can only learn to love by loving.“
— Iris Murdoch British writer and philosopher 1919 - 1999
The Bell (1958), ch. 19; 2001, p. 219.

„I have gained this by philosophy … I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.“
— Aristotle Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy -384 - -322 p. n. e.

„I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... I'm free to choose what that something is, and the something I've chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.“
— Jimmy Carter American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981) 1924

„I have one life and one chance to make it count for something... My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.“
— Jimmy Carter American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981) 1924

„I love walking in the rain because no one can see me crying“
— Rowan Atkinson English actor, comedian, and screenwriter 1955

„I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.“
— Tupac Shakur rapper and actor 1971 - 1996