True love is not the helpless desire to possess the cherished object of one's fervent affection; true love is the disciplined generosity we require of ourselves for the sake of another when we would rather be selfish; that, at least, is how I have taught myself to love my wife.

True love is born from understanding.

True love is eternal, infinite and always like itself. It's always equal and pure. Without violent demonstrations: It is seen with white hairs and is always young at heart.

How vast a memory has Love!

True love is a love without possessiveness. You love and still you are free, and the other person is also free. The kind of love that has no joy is not true love. If both parties cry every day, then that’s not true love. There must be joy and freedom and understanding in love.

True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That is why we must pray to God and ask Him to give us the courage to love.

True love is like a lighted window in a dark night.
True love is a burning stillness.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, and men below, and the saints above, for love is heaven, and heaven is love.

In true love, you attain freedom.

True love is built on free will and free choice, not control and manipulation.

True love says, I see you, I hear you and I accept you as you are.

But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.

True love is eternal, infinite, always like unto itself; it is equable, pure, without violent demonstration; white hair often covers the head, but the heart that holds it is ever young.

True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision.