Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love cannot be fully understood or explained by logic because it transcends rational explanation.
- In plain terms
- Love is a mystery that reason cannot solve.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept love without needing to fully understand it.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What part of love defies logic?
- Do you seek to understand love or experience it?
Another view
Some aspects of love can be understood through psychology or biology.
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