We can only learn to love by loving.

Quote by Iris Murdoch

Topics: Mature Love Quotes

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life...

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the...

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the...

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice,...

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice,...

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...

I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.

I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than...

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.