There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Physical circumstances have very little to do with either our capacity to love or to attract love.
The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of.
Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish.
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.
Love is very dangerous if you just have love and don't have the ability to be lovable.
I know that you have to be reserved about certain things in your life.
People protect what they love.
Love can be put off, never abandoned.
In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.
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