Sure, for all our blindness; secure, for all our helplessness; strong, for all our weakness; gaily in love, for all the pressures on our hearts.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People can feel secure and strong through love despite their inherent weaknesses and external pressures.
- In plain terms
- Love makes you strong and safe even when you are weak.
- What can you take from it?
- Love provides strength despite personal limitations.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does love create strength?
- Can feelings change reality?
Another view
Love cannot solve all external dangers or systemic issues.
More from Thomas Aquinas
Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
Permalink to quote #17 The most hopeful people in the world are the young and the drunk. The first because they have little experience of failure, and the second because they have su…
Permalink to quote #19 One cannot use an evil action with reference to a good intention.
Permalink to quote #16
Related quotes
She was unusual because even though I knew her family was as poor as ours, nothing she said or did seemed touched by that. Or by prejudice. Or by anything the …
Jesse OwensJesse Owens quote #11 One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held…
Robert BrowningRobert Browning quote #20 I have got a running stream of love you see. So no matter what stages.. they put us through, we'll never be blue.
Bob MarleyBob Marley quote #32