Among the prevailing types of theories that attempt to account for the existence of love there are: psychological theories, the vast majority of which consider love to be very healthy behavior ; there are evolutionary theories which hold that love is part of the process of natural selection ; there are spiritual theories which may, for instance consider love to be a gift from God ; there are also theories that consider love to be an unexplainable mystery, very much like a mystical experience.

At our age, the majority of those we love best are dead.

This is the underlying theme in the majority of transcendentalist essays and papers — all of which are centered on subjects which assert a love for individual expression.

Other than his Latin motets of a religious nature and some poems invoking the horrors of war and captivity, the vast majority of Machaut's lyric poems partake of the conventions of courtly love and involve statements of service to a lady and the poet's pleasure and pains.

It has produced a wide array of subgenres, the majority of which feature the mutual attraction and love of a man and a woman as the main plot, and have a happy ending.

He saved $ 20, 000 during his tenure there, enabling him to finance the majority of his tale of doomed love between a gay liquor store clerk and a Mexican immigrant.

Contrary to the familiar caricature of the schizoid as uncaring and cold, the vast majority of schizoid persons who become patients express at some point in their treatment their longing for friendship and love.

She warned her Democratic colleagues that " getting the majority the House and running over the left cliff is what our Republican opponents would dearly love.

The vast majority of the cast is either unlucky in love ( particularly Davan, as his only ' good ' relationship ended when Branwen moved away ), in sometimes strained relationships ( Monette and Lisa have had several trials and tribulations ), or happy together in spite of each other ( Fred and Faye had a wonderful, if sometimes sarcastic, relationship, and Aubrey and Jason have a marriage that seems similar to Fred and Faye's relationship ).

A distinction is often made between those dead metaphors whose origins are entirely unknown to the majority of people using them ( such as the expression " to kick the bucket ") and those whose source is widely known or symbolism easily understood but not often thought about ( the idea of " falling in love ").

Kubota incorporates guitar, piano, percussion, into a majority of his song and often writes about love, heartbreak, and the celebration and humor of life.

As is the case with the majority of the Barsoom novels to follow, it portrays a hero facing impossible odds and forced to fight a range of lurid creatures in order to win the love of the heroine.

:" RESOLVED, That every member of this Congress considers himself under the ties of virtue, honour and love of his country, not to divulge, directly or indirectly, any matter or thing agitated or debated in Congress, before the same shaft have been determined, without the leave of the Congress: nor any matter or thing determined in Congress, which a majority of the Congress shall order to be kept secret, And that if any member shall violate this agreement, he shall be expelled this Congress, and deemed an enemy to the liberties of America, and liable to be treated as such, and that every member signify his consent to this agreement by signing the same.

In the majority of cases, it consists of a simple love story with the same basic structure: a couple is in love but some outside difficulty prevents them from consummating their love ( always, by marrying each other in a happy ending ); this difficulty is overcome and the story ends with a public dénouement, a happy ending and an implicit or explicit moral ( as well as asking the audience's favour at the very end ).

Throughout the majority of the stories is a recurring theme of McManus's lifelong love of hunting and fishing — which is mostly an excuse to just enjoy the outdoors, often in good company.

The majority of The Night Land is devoted to the hero's quest to find a Lesser Redoubt in which he believes his reincarnated long-lost love awaits him.

Lots of people love watching magic and a majority of them cannot guess what the magician is up to, a cloud in a fog.

Though some critics have made assertions, some in efforts to preserve Shakespeare's literary credibility, to its being non-erotic in nature, no critic has disputed that the majority of Shakespeare's sonnets concern explicitly male-male love poetry.

Primitive Baptists in the Appalachian region often used " New Britain " with other hymns, and sometimes sing the words of " Amazing Grace " to other folk songs, including titles such as " In the Pines ", " Pisgah ", " Primrose ", and " Evan ", as all are able to be sung in common meter, of which the majority of their repertoire consists.

Robertson is credited as writer or co-writer for the majority of The Band's songs, but sang lead vocals on only three of their studio recordings (" To Kingdom Come ", " Knockin ' Lost John " and " Out Of The Blue ").

Follow the Leader marked the first album where the majority of the lyrics did not have origins relating to early occurrences, with songs like " Justin " and " Pretty " written about incidents occurring during adulthood.

Haley, who was fluent in Spanish, recorded a number of songs in the language, but the vast majority of the band's output during these years were instrumental recordings, many utilizing local session musicians playing trumpet.

In addition to featuring the majority of Prince's hit singles ( with the exception of " Batdance " and other songs that appeared on the Batman soundtrack ), The Hits includes an array of previously hard-to-find recordings, notably B-sides spanning the majority of Prince's career, as well as a handful of previously unreleased tracks such as the Revolution-recorded " Power Fantastic " and a live recording of " Nothing Compares 2 U " with Rosie Gaines.

Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the Round The Horne scriptwriters Barry Took and Marty Feldman, who wrote the majority of the songs lyrics, based upon traditional folk songs.

" The majority of the actors performing the songs in the film Carmen Jones were dubbed.

Spoken Lingala is largely used in informal functions, and the majority of Lingala songs use spoken Lingala over other variations.

Only three songs from Roman Candle were performed, with the majority of the ten-song set being B-sides, Heatmiser tunes, and unreleased tracks.

Carnatic music is largely devotional ; the majority of the songs are addressed to the Hindu deities.

Keaggy sang the majority of songs, but Pecchio and Sferra also sang lead on several numbers.

With Dukowski gone, Ginn ceded much of the spotlight to Rollins, who had expressed some discomfort over being the group's de facto spokesman, while Ginn was the recognized leader ( Ginn wrote the majority of the group's songs and lyrics ).

Worrell ’ s synthesizer work is prominent on the majority of Parliament ’ s most popular ( and most sampled ) songs throughout the 1970s, most notably ” Mothership Connection ( Star Child )” and “ Give Up the Funk ( Tear the Roof Off the Sucker )” from Mothership Connection, " Flash Light from Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome and " Aqua Boogie " from Motor Booty Affair.

Young, Stills and Furay would all record demos for the album, but Greene and Stone, who had installed themselves as the album's producers, deemed Young's voice " too weird " and assigned lead vocals on the majority of Young's songs to Furay.

With Dukowski gone, Ginn ceded much of the spotlight to Rollins, who had expressed some discomfort over being the group's de facto spokesman, while Ginn was the recognized leader ( Ginn wrote the majority of the group's songs and lyrics ).

Although some of these songs (" Caves of Altamira ", " Brooklyn ", " Barrytown ") were re-recorded for Steely Dan albums, the majority of them were never officially released.

1996 saw his first release with them, Making Light of It, a low-key collection of songs, the majority returning to an introspective demeanor and tone, produced by David Miner ( T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello ), and featuring Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong of The Choir.

Arne wrote close to two hundred vocal songs during his career, the majority of which were written for performance at London's pleasure gardens.

Mason had already quit the group by the time Mr. Fantasy was released, but rejoined for a few months of 1968, long enough to contribute to a slim majority of the songs on their second album, Traffic.

Destiny Fulfilled saw equality in the trio: each member contributed to writing on the majority songs, as well as becoming executive producers aside from their manager.

Although his elder brother Noel Gallagher wrote the majority of Oasis's songs, Liam has penned the singles " Songbird " and " I'm Outta Time ", along with a string of album tracks and B-sides.

He helped produce and co-write a majority of the songs on the album ; bassist Justin Siegel said " I've never laughed so hard so consistently in my whole life.

The majority of the Grateful Dead's original songs are Hunter / Garcia collaborations, where Garcia composed the music, and Hunter wrote the lyrics.