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What does love actually mean? Everyone wants to be loved or to love. It isn’t always easy to know if the love we feel is elevating or sending us toward our favorite heartbreak song, best delivered in the car, the windows rolled up. Consider these 5 quotes on what love is and isn’t.
1. “Love is not two people gazing at each other, but two people looking ahead together in the same direction.” —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the author of The Little Prince
2. “Partners in a relationship bring forth various qualities. There are times when the intensity and power of the sun are called for, and times when the soothing luminescence and serene wisdom of the moon is what’s needed. A complementary relationship in which the partners cooperate and work together is a beautiful thing.” —Daisaku Ikeda, Buddhist philosopher, educator and humanist
3. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou, American memoirist, poet and civil rights activist
4. “If you are neglecting things you should be doing, forgetting your purpose in life because of the relationship you’re in, then you’re on the wrong path. A healthy relationship is one in which two people encourage each other to reach their respective goals while sharing each other’s hopes and dreams. A relationship should be a source of inspiration, invigoration and hope.” —Daisaku Ikeda
5. “The giving of love is an education in itself.” —Eleanor Roosevelt, American political figure, diplomat and former first lady of the United States