Young people, who are beginners in everything, cannot yet know love: they have to learn it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Young people lack the experience to understand love fully and must learn it over time.
- In plain terms
- Youth must learn love through experience.
- What can you take from it?
- Give yourself time to grow in love.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does your age affect your view of love?
- What can you do to accelerate learning love?
Another view
Generalizes all young people, ignoring individual differences.
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