Love is…
What is love? It is one of the most difficult questions for the mankind. Centuries have passed by, relationships have bloomed and so has love. But no one can give the proper definition of love. We collected here some quotations and definitions of Love for you to read. It is just few of them but we hope they will start you thinking of what LOVE means to YOU.
“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing.” – Goethe
“Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Mark Twain
“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.” – Peter Ustinov
“Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.” – Erich Fromm
“Love doesn’t make the world go round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile.” – Elizabeth Browning
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” – Sophocles
Now a bit of physiology:
Dr Fisher divides love into three categories involving different brain systems: 1) Lust (the craving for sexual gratification), driven by androgens and estrogens;
2) Attraction (or romantic or passionate love, characterized by euphoria when things are going well, terrible mood swings when they’re not, focused attention, obsessive thinking, and intense craving for the individual), driven by high dopamine and nor epinephrine levels and low serotonin;
3) Attachment (the sense of calm, peace, and stability one feels with a long-term partner) driven by the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin.
The stylized heart (symbol) is a traditional European icon representing love.
And the last but not the least, and my personal favorite is this description of love by The Apostle Paul:
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.”
Maybe you have already found your love or maybe you are like me still searching for it, remember that life is worth living and LOVE is worth waiting!! Good luck in your search, never give up and you will definitely find it!!!
