Friday, August 26, 2022

The first task of love

In order to know what is just
in a person-to-person encounter,
love listens.
It is its first task to listen.
No human relation,
especially no intimate one,
is possible without mutual listening.

        Paul Tillich, Love, Power, and Justice

 

 

 

 

 

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