"I can control myself in all my actions and thoughts and in every moment of my life. Not in love: here you have to give yourself up completely. (...) I cannot give myself up just like that, without anything further. There is no way I can get myself back. The one I get back is no longer who I was. It is more, richer, simpler, purer and more divine. This is the secret of love. I must be lost and destroyed.
"
Author
Hamvas BélaAll Translations
All Translations
"
I can control myself in all my actions and thoughts and in every moment of my life. Not in love: here you have to give yourself up completely. (...) I cannot give myself up just like that, without anything further. There is no way I can get myself back. The one I get back is no longer who I was. It is more, richer, simpler, purer and more divine. This is the secret of love. I must be lost and destroyed.
""Minden tettemben és gondolatomban és életem minden mozzanatában meg tudom magam tartani. A szerelemben nem: itt teljesen fel kell magamat adni. (...) Önmagamat nem tudom feladni csak úgy, minden további nélkül. Nem lehet úgy, hogy visszakapjam magam. Akit visszakapok, már nem az, aki voltam. Az már több, gazdagabb, egyszerűbb, tisztább és istenibb. Ez a szerelem titka. El kell vesznem és meg kell semmisülnöm."