Thomas Merton - The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to tw...

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The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

Thomas Merton

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Der Beginn der Liebe besteht darin, diejenigen, die wir lieben, vollkommen selbst zu sein, und sie nicht zu verdrehen, damit sie zu unserem eigenen Bild passen. Ansonsten lieben wir nur die Reflexion unserer selbst, die wir in ihnen finden.

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