Love is greater than hope and faith.
But there are two other virtues that are equally as great as love, and these are light and life.
When God created the Earth, first came the light (Gen 1:3), then the life, and love was there too. After the light and life created the earth and Adam, the first thing Adam experienced was God's great love.
The "Trinity" of God's virtues is love, light and life (1 John 1:3-5). These three virtues refer to the 3 persons of the Trinity.
Light is the main virtue of God the Father (1 Tim 6:16), but not independent of the other two virtues.
Love is the main virtue of God the Son (John 3:16, John 15:9), but not independent of the other two virtues.
Life is the main virtue of God the Spirit (John 6:63), but not independent of the other two virtues.
God's light is for creating and producing life. God's life is for overcoming death, sustaining, growth and for producing more life (fruit). God's love is not predominantly the same kind of affectionate human love that a parent feels for its child (because unlike earthly parents, the same God, judges and throws into hell), it is God's light and life communicated to us, in His Son Jesus Christ. When we come to Christ, we first experience His light, exposing our sinful condition, and showing us the truth, then His life, overcoming our deadness and darkness, and giving us eternal life, and then finally His love, revealing his care for us, particularly in giving us His light and life (and in fact everything we need, food, clothing etc). Light, life, and love are the three main attributes of God that Christians need to experience on a daily basis, and just like the Trinity, the three cannot exist independent of one another (imagine love without life - having affection and care but with death, or light without love - having the truth, but without care or affection).
If we want to experience more love, we need to know God's light and life. Actually, the kind of love which loves others, as given by the second great commandment, is the result of experiencing God's life and light in our daily life. God's light shows us that every person is created in His image, and deserving of love, and also that Christ died for them. God's life, gives us strength, and ability to endure with patience, the shortcomings of others, their insults and offenses. God's life satisfies us inwardly so that we can know our needs are met, and love others from a pure heart, without the human selfish kind of love which is based upon give and take, or giving love to gain, rather than God's kind of love, which results in charity without expectation to receive. This is why the more time that we spend in God's Word, to get light, and God's Spirit, to get life, the more we will spontaneously love God and others.