"To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic." ― Alphonse de Lamartine Topic(s): Love More From Alphonse de Lamartine "Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven." "Experience is the only prophecy of wise men." "There is a woman at the begining of all great things." More In Love "True love doesn’t come to you it has to be inside you."― Julia Roberts "A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother’s love endures through all."― Washington Irving "Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic."― Anais Nin