BIBLICAL
(John
15:12-13): This is my commandment, that you love one another
as I have loved you. No one has a greater love than this, to lay down one’s
life for one’s friends.
(1John
4:12): No man has ever seen God, but if we love one another, then God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
(1
Corinthians): If I give away all I have,
and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
BUDDHIST
(Sutta
Nipata 149-150): Just as a mother would
protect her child at the risk of her own life, even so, cultivate a boundless heart towards all beings. Let your thoughts of boundless love prevade the whole world.
(Nagarjuna,
Precious Garland 437): Compassion is a
mind that savors only mercy and love for all sentient beings.
(Sikshasamuccaya,
Vajradhvaja Sutra): My endeavors do not
merely aim at my own deliverance.
HINDUISM
(Sivananda): Love expects no reward. Love knows no fear. Love Divine, gives, and does not demand. Love thinks no evil; imputes no motive. To
Love, is to share and to serve.
(Bhagavad
Gita 8:22): The supreme Lord who prevades all existence, the true Self of all creatures, may be realized through unwavering love. (Basavanna, Vachana 247): There is no sort of religion that is without Love and compassion. You
need to show Love and compassion to all living beings. Love and compassion are
the root of all faiths.
JAINISM
(Tattvarthasutra
7.11): Have benevolence towards all living
beings, joy at the sight of the virtuous, compassion and sympathy for the afflicted, and tolerance towards the indoldent and
ill-behaved.
SIKHISM
(Adi
Granth, Maru): Without selfless service
are no objective fulfilled; in service lies the purest action.
UNIFICATION
CHURCH
(Sun Myung Moon): The position of love can be established when one sacrifices oneself and gives oneself for others. Thus sacrifice accompanies love.
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL PROVERBS
(Kipsigis
Proverb): It is not physical bravery that
counts. One must have the courage to face life as it is, to go through sorrows
and always make sacrifice of one’s self for the sake of the others.
(Nyika
Proverb): Gaurdianship is not to give
an order, but to give of one’s self.
