I really thought that love would save us all.

If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life

Let us then try what love can do to mend a broken world.

"We can save the world," I say, trying to smile. "You and me."

We wanted to bring some love to the world. I thought we were good at doing that. Bringin' love to the world.

If we only have love We can reach those in pain We can heal all our wounds We can use our own names.

If we only have love We can reach those in pain We can heal all our wounds We can use our own names.

If we only have love We can melt all the guns And then give the new world To our daughters and sons.If we only have love Then Jerusalem stands And then death has no shadow There are no foreign lands.

If we only have love We can melt all the guns And then give the new world To our daughters and sons.If we only have love Then Jerusalem stands And then death has no shadow There are no foreign lands.

We do have the power to save one another . . .

What we hoped was that we could stop the coming end of the world.

We do not want our world to perish. But in our quest for knowledge, century by century, we have placed all our trust in a cold, impartial intellect which only brings us nearer to destruction. We have heeded no wisdom offering guidance. Only by learning to love one another can our world be saved. Only love can conquer all.

The world is violent and mercurial — it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love — love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share: being a parent; being a writer; being a painter; being a friend. We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.

Let us see what love can do.