Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness and moderation is certain and durable.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Contrary to popular mythology, the best and most durable relationships are based not on vulnerability or passion but on a conjugation of positive attributes, a meeting of mind, body and soul that is all the more powerful as it is not weighed down with neediness and unreasonable expectation.
Love is more important than material possessions.
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.
Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.
Love is itself an expression of strength.
My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.
Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.