Eight Quotes for Love

Bible Matters 542: Eight Quotes for Love

The Bhagavad Gita’s wisdom gives us deep insights about love that surpass everyday relationships. These quotes can help anyone looking for deeper connections in life. Here are eight of the most important Bhagavad Gita quotes about love and their spiritual meaning.

1. ‘Love is not an emotion, but a deep and pure expression of the soul’

Krishna teaches us that true love comes from our spiritual core, not from passing emotions. This wisdom clarifies how genuine love starts from the soul’s natural connection with the divine. Soul-based love stands strong through life’s ups and downs, unlike temporary feelings that change with circumstances. “Love is not about what we receive—it is about what we give” shows love’s lasting nature beyond fleeting emotions.

2. ‘To love God is to surrender yourself completely without any expectations’

Krishna speaks about surrender (bhakti) as love’s purest form. “Give me your mind and give me your heart, give me your offerings and your adoration; and thus with your soul in harmony, and making me your goal supreme, you will in truth come to me” (9:34). Perfect love means giving yourself freely without wanting anything back. Simple offerings made with devotion carry deep spiritual value.

9:34 – Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.

3. ‘Love without attachment leads to liberation’

Krishna makes a clear difference between love and attachment. True love sets both people free, while attachment ties us to outcomes and possessions. “Only by undistracted love can men see me, and know me, and enter into me” (11:53). Loving without clinging or controlling ended up bringing spiritual freedom. Pure and divine love flows when we let go of attachment.

11:53 – The form which you are seeing with your transcendental eyes cannot be understood simply by studying the Vedas, nor by undergoing serious penances, nor by charity, nor by worship. It is not by these means that one can see Me as I am.

4. ‘True love is not bound by physical presence’

Spiritual love surpasses physical closeness. A constant spiritual bond stays strong regardless of distance or time. This knowledge changes how we see relationships. Our deepest connections exist at the soul level and don’t depend on being physically together.

5. ‘The more you love others, the closer you come to the divine’

Our capacity to love others without conditions naturally arranges us with divine consciousness. Seeing divinity in everyone brings us closer to spiritual understanding. Genuine care for others walks hand in hand with spiritual growth.

6. ‘Let your love be like the sun, shining brightly without discrimination’

Krishna asks his followers to love everyone equally. The sun’s light falls on everyone the same way. “I am the same to all beings, and my love is ever the same,” Krishna says, showing us how to love without favorites.

7. ‘Love is the path to knowledge, the means of spiritual awakening’

Love opens the door to spiritual understanding. Krishna says: “To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me” (10:10). Love-centered devotion awakens deeper wisdom that intellectual approaches might miss.

The Opulance of the Absolute 10:10- To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.

8. ‘To love is to live in harmony with all that exists’

The Gita’s highest form of love recognizes our connection to everything around us. Krishna teaches that “he who does my work, who loves me, who sees me as the highest, free from attachment to all things, and with love for all creation, he in truth comes to me” (11:55). Living in harmony shows we’ve reached our spiritual potential—loving God naturally leads to loving all beings.  

The Universal Form 11:55  – My dear Arjuna, one who is engaged in My pure devotional service, free from the contaminations of previous activities and from mental speculation, who is friendly to every living entity, certainly comes to Me

These eight Bhagavad Gita quotes are great guides to build deeper, more spiritual relationships in today’s world. Starting today, study this lesson daily.  It is time to start your transformation.  You are no longer a lover of self.   Seeking daily, opportunities to share the love of the Supreme onto others. 

To God be the glory in all you do, Amen.