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Σχέτλι᾽ Ἔρως, μέγα πῆμα, μέγα στύγος ἀνθρώποισιν,
ἐκ σέθεν οὐλόμεναί τ᾽ ἔριδες στοναχαί τε γόοι τε,
ἄλγεά τ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τοῖσιν ἀπείρονα τετρήχασιν.
Unconscionable Love, bane and tormentor of mankind, parent of strife, fountain of tears, source of a thousand ills.
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica, IV, 445–447 (tr. E. V. Rieu)
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book IV, Line 412 (tr. Fitzgerald)
Improbe Amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis!
“To what extremes won't you compel our hearts,
you accursed lust for gold?”
Quid non mortalia pectora cogis,
Auri sacra fames?
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book III, Lines 56–57 (tr. Robert Fagles); the murder of Polydorus.
“What we all want, really, is to be loved. That craving drives our worst behavior.”
Source: Handle with Care
“Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone.”
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 82.
Source: Argonautica (3rd century BC), Book IV. Homeward Bound, Lines 445–449
“If you pluck out my heart
To find what makes it move,
You’ll halt the clock
That syncopates our love.”
Source: Selected Poems
"Ninth Talk in Bombay, (14 March 1948) http://www.jkrishnamurti.com/krishnamurti-teachings/view-text.php?tid=270&chid=4600&w=%22What+brings+understanding+is+love%22, J.Krishnamurti Online, JKO Serial No. BO48Q1, published in The Collected Works, Vol. IV, p. 200
1940s
Context: What brings understanding is love. When your heart is full, then you will listen to the teacher, to the beggar, to the laughter of children, to the rainbow, and to the sorrow of man. Under every stone and leaf, that which is eternal exists. But we do not know how to look for it. Our minds and hearts are filled with other things than understanding of "what is". Love and mercy, kindliness and generosity do not cause enmity. When you love, you are very near truth. For, love makes for sensitivity, for vulnerability. That which is sensitive is capable of renewal. Then truth will come into being. It cannot come if your mind and heart are burdened, heavy with ignorance and animosity.
Source: A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
“In love, avoiding what is not mutual, you save your heart.”
Original: In amore, evitando ciò che non è reciproco, salvi il tuo cuore.
Source: prevale.net
