Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something-and it is only such love that can know freedom.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love is unconditional and not a trade; only such love allows for true freedom.
- In plain terms
- Love is not a trade or reaction; it must be free to be real.
- What can you take from it?
- True love gives without asking for return.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you give with strings attached?
- What does your love demand?
Another view
It ignores the reciprocity needed in healthy long term relationships.
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