Only the free mind knows what Love is.(from a speech at Univ. of California, Berkley as broadcast by Pacifica Radio 1.4.69)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True love is understood only by a mind that is free from constraints and conditioning.
- In plain terms
- You can only know real love if your mind is free.
- What can you take from it?
- Freedom of mind is a prerequisite for understanding love.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What conditions your mind?
- Can love exist without freedom?
Another view
It assumes freedom is a binary state rather than a spectrum.
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