“Give love to whoever deserve it, but expect it only from yourself.”
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“Whoever loves you now—and you must also love yourself—will love the truth of you.”
Source: Clockwork Angel
“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.”
Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (2005)
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection”
Sharon Salzberg in an article in a magazine called “Woman of Power” in 1989
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