C. S. Lewis, my favourite definition https://t.co/4eLQGS28nM
What Love Really Means: Iris Murdoch on Unselfing, the Symmetry Between Art and Morality, and How We Unblind Ourselves to Each Other’s Realities
Maria Popovathemarginalian.org
Love, by definition, seeks to enjoy its object. —from The Problem of Pain
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
Charity means “Love, in the Christian sense.” But love, in the Christian sense, does not mean an emotion. It is a state not of the feelings but of the will; that state of the will which we have naturally about ourselves, and must learn to have about other people.
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
“I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.”
― M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
― M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth