Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

"Love alone

can unite living beings

so as to complete and fulfill them,

for it alone joins them

by what is deepest in themselves."

-- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Dante

The love of God, unutterable and perfect 
Flows into a pure soul 

The way that light rushes into a transparent object.

The more love that it finds, the more it gives itself
So that as we grow clear and open,
The more complete the joy of heaven is.

And the more souls that resonate together,

The greater the intensity of their love

And, mirror like, each soul reflects the other.

-- Dante

Marcus Aurelius

" When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, 

revert at once to yourself, 

and don't loose the rhythm more than you can help.

You'll have a better grasp of the harmony 

if you keep on going back to it."

-- Marcus Aurelius