Iphios

“A marriage doesn't begin with a proposal, or even an initial meeting. It begins far earlier, when the idea of love is born, and more specifically the dream of a soul mate.”
― Alain de Botton, The Course of Love

“Self-rejection is simply seen as the neurotic expression of an insecure person. But neurosis is often the psychic manifestation of a much deeper human darkness: the darkness of not feeling truly welcome in human existence. Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voics that calls us the "Beloved.”
― Henri J.M. Nouwen

“To love is to recognize ; to be loved is to be recognized by the other”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart

“If, then, we are to be fully human and fully alive and aware, it seems that we must be willing to suffer for our pleasures. Without such willingness there can be no growth in the intensity of consciousness.”
― Allan Watts