Heretic

                He drew a circle that shut me out;
                Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
                But love and I had a wit to sin;
                We drew a circle that took him in.

                        --Edward Markham --

        "We can measure the degree of love that we possess for any man or cause by the sacrifice we make for him or it."

        "There are many medicines and cures for all kinds of sicknesses.  But unless kind hands are given in service and generous hearts are given in love, I do not think there can ever be a cure for the terrible sickness of feeling unloved."

        "The principle is this:  What is important to another person must be as important to you as the other person is to you."

        "Love is the highest attribute of the human soul, and fidelity is love's noblest offspring."

        "Love is not blind -- it sees more, not less.  But because it sees more, it is willing to see less."

        "Someone has written, "Love is a verb." It requires doing - not just saying and thinking. The test is in what one does, how one acts, for love is conveyed in word and deed."

        “The mandate to ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself’ is not just a moral mandate.  It’s a physiological mandate.  One thing you get from caring for others is you’re not lonely; and the more connected you are to life, the healthier you are.”

        "Let us love the Lord, yes, with all our strength and power.  And let us also love our neighbors.  Let us banish from our lives any elements of self-righteousness.  Many regard us with suspicion, as having only one interest and that is to convert them.  Conversion is more likely to come as a consequence of love. Let us be friendly. Let us be helpful.  Let us live the Golden Rule.  Let us be neighbors of whom it might be said,  'He or she was the best neighbor I ever had.'"