'The brain may take advice, but not the heart, and love, having no geography, knows no boundaries.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The mind can heed advice, but the heart follows love regardless of physical or cultural limits.
- In plain terms
- Logic is controllable, but love is not.
- What can you take from it?
- Love overrides logic and boundaries.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you control your heart?
- How does love defy geography?
Another view
People can choose to suppress emotional impulses.
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