"Human love is directed to the other person……" — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake,… - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ's sake. Therefore, human love seeks direct contact with the other person; it loves him not as a free person but as one whom it binds to itself. It wants to gain, to capture by every means; it uses force. It desires to be irresistible, to rule."

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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