Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Gothic Love Quotes

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little;...

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little;...

Silence is a friend who will never betray

Silence is a friend who will never betray

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The cautious seldom err.

The cautious seldom err.

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.