Tamadun Indonesian Islamic Documentation Center is a research institute for Islamic history in Indonesia. One of them is keeping documents and archives of literary works of poet Buya Hamka and Ulama Buya Hamka about "LOVE" which are scattered in various essays published in the 1930s to 1970s.

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"Making love is easy. To be loved is easy too. But to be loved by those we love is what is hard to get." * (Buya Hamka) *

"It is not the sea if the water is not choppy. It is not love if the feelings are never hurt. Not the name of a lover if the heart is never missed and jealous."

* (Buya Hamka) *

"Love is not discouraging, but uplifting". * (Buya Hamka) *

"Love does not teach us weakness, but awakens strength. Love does not teach us to humiliate ourselves, but exhale valor". * (Buya Hamka) *

"Love is not a cheap and common word which is spoken by word of mouth, but love is a gift from God which is beautiful and holy if humans can judge its purity." * (Buya Hamka) *

"Love can turn bitter into sweetness, dust turns to gold, cloudiness to clear, sickness becomes healed, prison becomes a lake, suffering becomes pleasure, and anger becomes grace". * (Buya Hamka) *

"Love is a feeling that must be present in every human being, it is like a drop of dew falling from the sky, clean and holy. Only the other land accepts it. If it falls to a barren land, it grows because the dew is wickedness. , lies, deceit, treacherous steps and other despicable things. But if he falls to fertile soil, there will grow in heart, sincerity, loyalty and high character and other praiseworthy traits ". * (Buya Hamka) *

"Love can soften iron, destroy stones, raise the dead and breathe life into it and make slaves become leaders. This is the greatness of love". * (Buya Hamka) *

"The sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you. Only to find that it ends up being meaningless and you have to let it go." * (Buya Hamka) *

"Do not love someone like a flower, because flowers die when the seasons change. Love them like a river, because the river flows forever." * (Buya Hamka) *

"Sometimes you do not appreciate someone who loves you wholeheartedly, so you lose it. At that time, there is no need to regret leaving without breaking again". * (Buya Hamka) *

"Words of love that are born only on the lips and not in the heart can crush the entire body and soul, when words of love born from a sincere heart are able to heal all wounds in the hearts of those who hear them." * (Buya Hamka) *

"In the beginning of love is to let the person you love be himself, and not change it into the image you want. Otherwise, you only love the reflection of yourself that you find in him." * (Buya Hamka) *

"The only way we can get affection, is not to demand that we be loved, but start giving affection to others without expecting anything in return." * (Buya Hamka) *