Love is the inherent quality of the human heart. We, as yet, may not have developed the perfect intellect to understand metaphysical truths; our physical strength may not be adequate to allow us to work and serve; we may be mentally deficient, or physically weak, but the unending flow of the fountain of love is in every one of us. We are not truly alive until we have drunk from the fountain of love. Then alone we know the fullness of life when we have given ourselves to love. In love we truly live. Life unfolds itself in love, for love is life.
All possess love. We not only possess love, but we also have the spiritual strength to express it. To possess love is to manifest it. One whose heart is imbued with love can never hide it, for his whole being radiates it. Can a full-blown rose hide its fragrance? Then how can anyone ever conceal the sweetness of love? For love is sweeter than the rose.
We tend spontaneously to manifest love. Even from the day we are born, we try to express our love. None can ever fully express the love that fills his heart. Word and gesture are too finite to express the sublimity of infinite love that dwells in the human heart. Complete realization of love comes in the union of souls, for love is a quality of soul. Love is soul.
Swami Premananda
The Magnetic Power of Love (Bhakti Yoga)