Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love extends to the lowest points of life and actively cleanses suffering.
- In plain terms
- Love reaches everyone, even in the dirt.
- What can you take from it?
- Love must reach the lowest.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where does love fail?
- How far does your love reach?
Another view
Abstract love must become concrete policy.
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