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It is this dependency that became, and is, the breeding ground for abuses of power.


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The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.

The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.



When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.

When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.



Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair.

Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair.



Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune.

Both men and women remain in dysfunctional, loveless relationships when it is materially opportune.



Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.

Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.



When angels speak of love they tell us it is only by loving that we enter an earthly paradise. They tell us paradise is our home and love our true destiny.

When angels speak of love they tell us it is only by loving that we enter an earthly paradise. They tell us paradise is our home and love our true destiny.



Those of us who have already chosen to embrace a love ethic, know that when we let our light shine, we draw to us and are drawn to other bearers of light. We are not alone.

Those of us who have already chosen to embrace a love ethic, know that when we let our light shine, we draw to us and are drawn to other bearers of light. We are not alone.



Society's collective fear of love must be faced if we are to lay claim to a love ethic that can inspire us and give us the courage to make necessary changes.

Society's collective fear of love must be faced if we are to lay claim to a love ethic that can inspire us and give us the courage to make necessary changes.



We cannot know love if we remain unable to surrender our attachment to power, if any feeling of vulnerability strikes terror in our hearts. Lovelessness torments.

We cannot know love if we remain unable to surrender our attachment to power, if any feeling of vulnerability strikes terror in our hearts. Lovelessness torments.



When we love children, we acknowledge by our every action that they are not property, that they have rights - that we respect and uphold their rights.

When we love children, we acknowledge by our every action that they are not property, that they have rights - that we respect and uphold their rights.





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Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

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