There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.
Interpretation
Deep love leads to deep disappointment; they are interconnected emotions.
This quote emphasizes the profound connection between love and disappointment. When we invest deeply in our relationships or passions, we open ourselves up to the potential for intense disappointment, suggesting that the depth of our feelings shapes the intensity of our experiences, both positive and negative. Thus, it posits that the capacity to feel profound love also means we can experience profound sorrow.
In practice
In a speech about relationships, one might say, 'Remember, there can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love, so cherish those you hold dear.'
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice and love.
Music is the best consolation for a despaired man
We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.
We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
Israel... is one of the great outpost of democracy in the world
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
O Jesus! on this day, you have fulfilled all my desires. From now on, near the Eucharist, I shall be able To sacrifice myself in silence, to wait for Heaven in peace. Keeping myself open to the rays of the Divine Host, In this furnace of love, I shall be consumed, And like a seraphim, Lord, I shall love You.
One forgives to the degree that one loves.
I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.
I hid my love when young till I_x000D_ Couldn't bear the buzzing of a fly;_x000D_ I hid my life to my despite_x000D_ Till I could not bear to look at light:_x000D_ I dare not gaze upon her face_x000D_ But left her memory in each place;_x000D_ Where'er I saw a wild flower lie_x000D_ I kissed and bade my love good-bye.
Donβt despair if your heart has been through a lot of trauma. Sometimes thatβs how beautiful hearts are remade: they are shattered first.
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