Only the chaste man and the chaste woman are capable of true love.
Interpretation
True love is achievable only by those who are pure and virtuous.
Pope John Paul II emphasizes that genuine love requires a level of chastity, suggesting that the purity of heart and intentions in both men and women enables them to experience the depth and authenticity of true love. This notion posits that love is not merely a physical or emotional bond, but a profound connection that demands integrity and respect for oneself and others.
In practice
In a marriage seminar, one might quote this to emphasize the importance of purity in relationships.
True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which in the name of freedom proclaims a kind of general amorality. It is a caricature of freedom to claim that people are free to organize their lives with no reference to moral values, and to say that society does not have to ensure the protection and advancement of ethical values. Such an attitude is destructive of freedom and peace.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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You are everything that's ever been my favourite thing," she wanted to tell him. "You're my love song, my birthday cake, the sound of ocean waves and French words and a baby's laugh. You're a snow angel, crème brulée, a kaleidoscope filled with glitter. I love you and you'll never catch up, because I've gotten a head start and my heart is racing at light speed.
Axiom: you are a sea. Your eye- lids curve over chaos My hands where they touch you, create small inhabited islands soon you will be all earth: a known land, a country.
Love is the veil between lover and lover.
Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones.
The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even than falling in love, and that was why she now felt that she was on the threshold of a new life, a happiness bound to endure for a very long time.
Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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