The document contains quotes from famous figures about the importance and power of love. Lucille Ball states that one must love themselves to accomplish anything, while Joseph Campbell describes love as a friendship set to music. Eleanor Roosevelt asserts that while love requires courage, experiencing pain through love can be purifying by opening oneself up to receive and give affection. Oscar Wilde, Khalil Gibran, and Martin Luther King Jr. all emphasize how life without love is empty and dark. Erich Segal notes that true love comes quietly without fanfare. Martin Luther King Jr. again stresses that only love can overcome hate, not more hate. And Charles Schulz ends on a lighter note that love is essential but chocolate is a nice bonus.