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“Mature love says: I need you because I love you.” — Erich Fromm

3 July 2017 By Andrew Leave a Comment

“Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.’”

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“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise” — Erich Fromm

3 July 2017 By Andrew Leave a Comment

“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision.”

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Obedience in marriage is discernment and love — St John Chrysostom Share on X
When we speak of the wife obeying the husband, we normally think of obedience in military or political terms: the husband giving orders and the wife… [ Read more ]
–St John Chrysostom

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