Torquato Tasso says love is when he gives you a piece of your soul…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Love is when he gives you a piece of your soul, that you never knew was missing.”

– Torquato Tasso

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Jack Kornfield says the basic principle of spiritual life…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.”

– Jack Kornfield

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Paul Tillich says the first duty of love…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“The first duty of love is to listen.”

– Paul Tillich

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Krishna Das says love is what we are…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Love is what we are; we don’t get it from somebody, we can’t give it to anybody, we can’t fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.”

– Krishna Das

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Duncan Trussell says love is not something that we obtain…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Love is not something that we obtain from the external universe but love is something that we are, that radiates out of us and and reflects back to us from the screen that is the field of phenomena that we call reality.  So that when we say we’re falling in love we’re not really falling in love, we’re seeing ourselves.”

Duncan Trussell, DTFH Episode 67, 00:11:07

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Krishna Das says we have to learn to love people even if….

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“We have to learn to love people even if they are not giving you what you want… and then not take it personally. If you feel hurt, you have to recognize that they are not hurting you because you are you, but because they are them. You have to try not to be so hard on yourself.”

– Krishna Das

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Jack Kornfield says we can love and care for others but we cannot…

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Attempted Love

“Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our wishes.”

– Jack Kornfield

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