"I would like to draw your attention to one important thing. You can only love upwards. Not down, only up. We don't love anyone because they are stupid, evil, mean, ugly, smelly, unpleasant, weak, cowardly - but because they are smart, good, beautiful, pleasant, strong, brave. Even if it is not like that - if we love, we see or imagine all these values. If you say "I love you the way you are", it's not true! Because if you really love me, you see me as more than what I am. If you love someone, you look up to them, you see them as more than that. In today's terms, we could say that love does not see objectively. He who loves does not see with his eyes, but with his heart.
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I would like to draw your attention to one important thing. You can only love upwards. Not down, only up. We don't love anyone because they are stupid, evil, mean, ugly, smelly, unpleasant, weak, cowardly - but because they are smart, good, beautiful, pleasant, strong, brave. Even if it is not like that - if we love, we see or imagine all these values. If you say "I love you the way you are", it's not true! Because if you really love me, you see me as more than what I am. If you love someone, you look up to them, you see them as more than that. In today's terms, we could say that love does not see objectively. He who loves does not see with his eyes, but with his heart.
""Egy lényeges dologra felhívom a figyelmedet. Szeretni csak fölfelé lehet. Nem lefelé, csakis fölfelé. Senkit sem szeretünk azért, mert buta, gonosz, aljas, csúnya, büdös, kellemetlen, gyenge, gyáva - hanem azért, mert okos, jó, szép, kellemes, erős, bátor. Még akkor is, ha nem ilyen - ha szeretjük, belelátjuk vagy beleképzeljük mindezeket az értékeket. Ha azt mondod: "olyannak szeretlek, amilyen vagy", nem igaz! Mert ha valóban szeretsz, többnek látsz, mint amilyen vagyok. Ha szeretsz valakit, fölfelé nézel rá, minőségileg többnek látod. Mai kifejezéssel azt mondhatnánk, hogy a szeretet nem objektíven lát. Aki szeret, az nem a szemével, hanem a szívével lát."