So dear I love him, that with him, all deaths I could endure, without him, live no life.
Interpretation
Love has the power to make life meaningful and tolerable, even in the face of hardship.
This quote expresses the profound depth of love that the speaker has for the beloved. It suggests that the speaker values their love so highly that they would rather endure all challenges and sufferings alongside their beloved than live a life devoid of that love, emphasizing the essential role of love in finding purpose and resilience in life.
In practice
In a wedding speech, one might reference this quote to highlight the importance of love in a marriage.
They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide; They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.
Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss
The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
Maharaj-ji, in my first darshan, my first meeting with him, showed me his powers. At that point I was impressed with the power. But subsequently, I realized that it was really his love that pulled me in. His love is unconditional love.
I think every human being knows how to hate. Because if they didn't know how to hate how to hate they wouldn't know how to love.
I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life.
What do you fear, most of all? The possibility that love may not be enough.
One love, one heart, one destiny.
All love's pleasure shall not match its woe.
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