Women are so strangely constructed that they have in them darkness as well as light, though it be but a little curtain hung across the sun. And love is the hand that takes the curtain down, a stronger hand than fear, which hung it up. For all the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love reveals the good in people by removing the fear that hides it.
- In plain terms
- Fear hides our light but love brings it out.
- What can you take from it?
- Use love to overcome fear in yourself and others.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What fear is hiding your light?
- How does love change your view?
Another view
Love alone may not fix deep-seated trauma or fear.
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