Jousiampuja (The Archer) (1898) by Väinö Blomstedt
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“Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling.”
~Anthony de Mello
(Awareness: Conversations with the Masters)
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"The more intimately you know someone, the more flaws you perceive. Often this is how it is. It is why marriages fail, why children are abandoned, why friendships don’t last. You might think you love someone until you start judging the way they act when under pressure or scared. This is not love; it is wanting others to conform to your vanities. Love is something different."
~The Great Kamryn
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"Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me;
Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed,
and shall bless me.”
~Walt Whitman,
(Leaves of Grass)
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"Love is a matter of inner nature, not of relationship. Love has nothing to do with relationship, love is a state of being. It is an inner component of one’s individuality. We should be loving to each and everyone."
~Osho