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“Les êtres qui s'aiment vraiment ne sont limités ni par l'espace, ni par le temps. Ils sont liés par l'âme, un lien bien plus intime, plus inséparable que celui du corps.”
― François Cheng

“L'enracinement est peut-être le besoin le plus important et le plus méconnu de l'âme humaine.”
― Simone Weil

“Amor Fati

Little soul,
you have wandered
lost a long time.

The woods all dark now,
birded and eyed.

Then a light, a cabin, a fire, a door standing open.

The fairy tales warn you:
Do not go in,
you who would eat will be eaten.

You go in. You quicken.

You want to have feet.
You want to have eyes.
You want to have fears.”
― Jane Hirshfield, Ledger: Poems

“Responsibility could easily deteriorate into domination and possessiveness, were it not for a third component of love, respect. Respect is not fear and awe; it denotes, in accordance with the root of the word (respicere = to look at), the ability to see a person as he is, to be aware of his unique individuality. Respect means the concern that the other person should grow and unfold as he is. Respect, thus, implies the absence of exploitation. I want the loved person to grow and unfold for his own sake, and in his own ways, and not for the purpose of serving me. If i love the other person, i feel one with him or her, but with him as he is, not as i need him to be as an object for my use. It is clear that respect is possible only if i have achieved independence; if i can stand and walk without needing crutches, without having to dominate and exploit anyone else. Respect exists only on the basis of freedom: 'l'amour est l'enfant de la liberty' as an old French song says; love is the child of freedom, never that of domination.”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving