Self-admiration has created a culture of narcissism and a 'love gap' that diminishes us. What the world needs most is a love that is the polar opposite of narcissism. A love that is selfless and self-abandoning. A love that does not ask, 'What’s in it for me?' but 'What’s in it for those I am privileged to know?' A love that isn’t about being served but serving others. Your dreams come alive when you are preoccupied with making other people's dreams come true. That is where real happiness is found.
— Mark J. Chironna (b. 1954), Pastor, Buchautor und Lebensberater
Topics: Love, Service & Love of Neighbour, Humility & Pride
Occasions: For Reflection
All quotes by Mark J. Chironna (1)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A drop of love is worth more than an ocean of reason.
Blaise Pascal
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
The world consists of nothing but opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard