Proverbs & Sayings: Because Love is Self-Regenerative Practice
Timeless Proverbs & Traditions
- “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” — Proverbs 15:1
- “Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fattened ox and hatred with it.” — Proverbs 15:17
- “Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers all offenses.” — Proverbs 10:12
- “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.” — Proverbs 3:3
- “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” — Luke 6:31
Folk Sayings from Wisdom Traditions
6. Love is shown more in deeds than in words. — Ignatius of Loyola
7. He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. — Spanish proverb
8. Where love is, the heart is light. — Russian proverb
9. Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. — Swedish proverb
10. Who loves well, punishes well. — English proverb (meaning: true love corrects gently).
Love Says Sayings
11. Love is patient action, not passive feeling.
12. Love listens before it speaks.
13. To practice love is to practice eternity in the present moment.
14. Every small act of kindness is a seed in the field of God.
15. Practicing love means choosing unity where the world demands division.
16. Love is proven when it costs you something.
17. To withhold love is to withhold life.
18. Every wound you treat with compassion becomes a doorway to healing.
19. Practicing love is how we join God in restoring all things.
20. Love multiplies when it is given, never when it is hoarded.