loving

beautiful

beauty

being pretty

intimacy

cuddling

is to value. The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

To love is to value. . . The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. (Ayn Rand)

self-respect

value

is the sole magic, power, and salvation within oneself. Suffering is thus not to be resisted or fled from it, but rather embraced, and loved. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.

You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation. . . and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else. Hermann Hesse

 needs three hearts: one to love, one to be loved, another when you are left alone.

In Love you need three hearts: One to love / One to be loved / Another when you are left alone.

is to understand the reason God had for creating what we love.

Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 77. Taken from an excellent collection of translations of Dávila's aphorisms by Stephen. Please be sure to check out his amazing website. https://t.ly/qK8Zp

is admiring with the heart, just as admiring is loving with the mind.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

loving, n.All

loving