Love is a universal feeling among men and women. That being said, we each experience it in different ways. This is true for everyone as these quotes from well-known individuals reveals.

Who knows love? Everyone does. Either by its absence or presence. Just like you and me, many philosophers, scientists and, well, everyone has philosophized on it at one point or another. Here are the views of some well-known historical figures that may ring true to you.

Albert Einstein - How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

Khalil Gibran - One day you will ask me which is more important? my life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

Elizabeth Ashley - In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes.

Albert Camus - I know of only one duty, and that is to love.

Ingrid Bergmen - A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous.

Sir Winston Churchill - Where does the family start? It starts with a young man falling in love with a girl - no superior alternative has yet been found.

Oscar Wilde - Men always want to be a woman’s first love - women like to be a man’s last romance.

Jeremy Taylor - Love is friendship set on fire.

G. Moore - Other men have seen angels, But I have seen thee, And thou art enough.

Washington Irving - Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

Leo Buscaglia - Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Jean Anouilh - There is love of course. And then there’s life, its enemy.

Mark Twain - Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Rabindranath Tagore - I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.

Buddha - You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Voltaire - Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

As you can see, love is a concept that crosses all lines whether they be nations, areas of belief and even jobs. Love is out there. You just need to go give it a chance.
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