Love is not to be proven or measured...It exists, and that is enough.
Interpretation
Love cannot be quantified; its existence is validation enough.
This quote by Jorge Amado emphasizes that love is an intrinsic emotion that cannot be quantified or evaluated through metrics or proofs. Instead of needing validation or evidence, love simply exists as a powerful and sufficient experience, highlighting its profound nature in human life.
In practice
During a wedding ceremony to emphasize the depth of love shared between partners.
He owned a whole world full of memories, of lovely moments relived and happy recollections. I'm not saying he was happy or that he didn't suffer. He suffered very much, but he did not despair; he still drew nourishment from what he had been given. But the sadness never left him. Happiness needs more than memories of the past to feed on; it also needs dreams of the future.
That's the very reason why love is eternal, because it is forever renewed. Passions die, love remains.
Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them at the time.
I believe that she has the kind of magic that causes revolutions and promotes great discoveries. Thereβs nothing I enjoy more than to observe Gabriela in the midst of a group of people. Do you know what she reminds me of? A fragrant rose in a bouquet of artificial flowers.
I met a young man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred.
Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free.
To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?
Ultimately, all thoughts are sponsored by love or fear. All thoughts, ideas, concepts, understandings, decisions, choices, and actions are based on these. And, in the end, there is really only one. Love. In truth, love is all there is.
There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.
Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us.
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