What Men Thought: What Is Love?

WHAT MEN THOUGHT

What Is Love?

[From The Rosicrucian Digest August 1947]

The ... love of the mind towards God is that very love of God whereby God loves himself.--Spinoza.

Love is our highest word, and the synonym for God.--Emerson.

You may say generally that all desire of good and happiness is only the great and subtle power of love.--Plato.

Without that sacred passion we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven and we are Gods.--Robert G. Ingersoll.

To those who are good (to me), I am good; and to those who are not good (to me), I am also good, and thus (all) get to be good.--Tao Teh King.

Creatures without feet have my love, and likewise those that have two feet, and those that have four feet I love, and those, too, that have many feet.--The Culla-Vagga.

The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love....--The Buddha.

The love of the sage for others receives its name from them .... His love of others never has an end.--Kwang-Tze.

It is strange that men will talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.--Thoreau.

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WHAT MEN THOUGHT What Is Love? [From The Rosicrucian Digest August 1947] The ... love of the mind towards God is that very love of God whereby God loves himself.--Spinoza. Love is our highest word, and the synonym for God.--Emerson. You may say generally that all desire of good and happiness is only the great and subtle power of love.--Plato. Without that sacred passion we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven and we are Gods.--Robert G. Ingersoll. To those who are good (to me), I am good; and to those who are not good (to me), I am also good, and thus (all) get to be good.--Tao Teh King. Creatures without feet have my love, and likewise those that have two feet, and those that have four feet I love, and those, too, that have many feet.--The Culla-Vagga. The man who foolishly does me wrong, I will return to him the protection of my most ungrudging love....--The Buddha. The love of the sage for others receives its name from them .... His love of others never has an end.--Kwang-Tze. It is strange that men will talk of miracles, revelations, inspiration, and the like, as things past, while love remains.--Thoreau.

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