We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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Love is not a relationship, love is a state of being; it has nothing to do with anybody else. One is not "in love", one is love. And of course when one is love, one is in love – but that is an outcome, a by-product, that is not the source. The source is that one is love.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Love is an inherent quality rather than a mere relationship with someone else.
This quote emphasizes that love is not defined by relationships or external factors, but rather by an internal state of being. It suggests that true love emanates from within oneself, and when one embodies love, it naturally leads to loving relationships, making it an outcome rather than the essence of love itself.
Themes
LoveState Of BeingRelationshipsSelf-Love
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a relationship counseling session to emphasize the importance of self-love.
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