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Thomas Merton says to love another as a person we must begin by…

“To love another as a person we must begin by granting him his own autonomy and identity as a person. We have to love him for what he is in himself, and not for what he is to us. We … Continue reading

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Benjamin Disraeli says we are all born for love…

“We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.” – Benjamin Disraeli

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Iain S. Thomas says I hope one day you get to love someone like…

“I hope one day you get to love someone like you love breathing air or drinking water. Like they are fundamental to your existence, needed and necessary. I hope you get to love like gravity loves, like the sun loves … Continue reading

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Antoine de Saint-Expery says of course we’ll hurt each other…

“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the … Continue reading

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Lang Leav says every whisper brings me closer to the impossible conclusion that I have known you before…

“Every whisper brings me closer to the impossible conclusion that I have known you before, I have loved you before — in another time, a different place — some other existence.” – Lang Leav

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Alain de Botton says the more closely we analyze what we consider “sexy”…

“The more closely we analyze what we consider ‘sexy,’ the more clearly we will understand that eroticism is the feeling of excitement we experience at finding another human being who shares our values and our sense of the meaning of … Continue reading

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Erich Fromm says the mature response to the problem of existence…

“The mature response to the problem of existence is love.” – Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

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