Amor Vincit Omnia

Amor Vincit Omnia is a Latin phrase for ‘love conquers all things’. Shortly before the start of the first millennium, the Roman poet Virgil wrote ‘love conquers all things; let us too surrender to Love.’

The expression is self-explanatory being so clear within itself. It gained weight of a proverb. W. H. Auden, John Gower, Diane Wakoski, and many poets used it into their writing. A character in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, written in the late 1300s, wore a brooch engraved ‘Amor Vincit Omnia.’ The phrase caught on…

The phrase is an apt compass in a world of growing prejudice and increasing distrust and hostility. Love can win. Hate can only defeat. We must choose to yield to love rather than hate. The victory of love is to connect to hearts. The triumph of hate is to subdue or slaughter the other.

Love actually is the beginning of a conversation. Conversation is about expressive speaking as well as responsive listening. And conversations end on a positive win-win note when aligned to the belief of ‘Amor Vincit Omnia.’

Amor Vincit Omnia is a great way

Love ensures win-win every day!

- Pravin K Sabnis