“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” - Thomas Merton
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” - Abraham Lincoln
“Love is the only thing you can really give in all this world. When you give love, you give everything.” - Theodore Dreiser
