Love
"Love has its origin
not in us but in God."
Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
“Genuine love
is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truly loves does
so because of a decision to love. This person has made a commitment
to be loving whether or not the loving feeling is present. If it
is, so much the better; but if it isn’t, the commitment to love, the will
to love, still stands and is still exercised. Conversely, it is not
only possible but necessary for a loving person to avoid acting on feelings
of love…. True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed.
It is a committed, thoughtful decision.”
M.
Scott Peck
"Call it what
you will, genuine love, with all the discipline that it requires, is the
only path in this life to substantial joy."
M.
Scott Peck
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