Love is God. Therefore, love! Love even the one who has caused you pain, the one who is to blame. Then everthing that conceals his soul from you will disappear, and you will, as through clear water, see at the bottom of his soul the divine essence of his love. And you will not have to, nor will you be able to, forgive him, for you will be compelled to pardon only yourself for not having loved God in him, for not having seen God through the absence of your love
Love is the manifestation within oneself of God. It is the propensity to get beyond oneself, to liberate oneself by living a God-centered existence. This very propensity calls forth God- that is, love for and in others. For love evokes love in others. God, having awakened in me, also produces the awakening of the same God in others.
Love is God. Therefore, love! Love even the one who has caused you pain, the one who is to blame. Then everthing that conceals his soul from you will disappear, and you will, as through clear water, see at the bottom of his soul the divine essence of his love. And you will not have to, nor will you be able to, forgive him, for you will be compelled to pardon only yourself for not having loved God in him, for not having seen God through the absence of your love
Love is the manifestation within oneself of God. It is the propensity to get beyond oneself, to liberate oneself by living a God-centered existence. This very propensity calls forth God- that is, love for and in others. For love evokes love in others. God, having awakened in me, also produces the awakening of the same God in others.
-Leo Tolstoy
