“. “Love doesn’t please itself by seeking revenge. Love sacrifices itself for the good of others.”
Kerrelyn Sparks (1955) American writer
Source: Be Still My Vampire Heart
“To love is to will the good of the other.”
— Thomas Aquinas, book Summa Theologica
II-II, q. 26, art. 6
Summa Theologica (1265–1274)
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Saul Bellow book Dangling Man
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“Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.”
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John Locke book Some Thoughts Concerning Education
Sec. 139
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Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) Korean religious leader
The Way of God's Will Chapter 3-1 The Church and Church Life http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/WofGW/wogw3-01.htm Translated 1980.
