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You cannot truly [[love]] your fellows by a mere [[act]] of the [[volition|will]]. [[Love]] is only [[born]] of thoroughgoing [[understanding]] of your [[neighbor]]'s [[motives]] and [[sentiment]]s. It is not so important to [[love]] all men today as it is that each day you learn to love one more [[human being]]. If each day or each week you [[achieve]] an [[understanding]] of one more of your fellows, and if this is the [[limit]] of your [[ability]], then you are certainly [[socializing]] and truly [[spiritualizing]] your [[personality]]. [[Love]] is [[infectious]], and when [[human]] [[devotion]] is [[intelligent]] and [[wise]], [[love]] is more catching than hate. But only genuine and [[unselfish]] [[love]] is truly [[contagious]]. If each [[mortal]] could only become a [[focus]] of [[dynamic]] [[affection]], this benign [[virus]] of [[love]] would soon pervade the sentimental [[emotion]]-[[stream]] of [[humanity]] to such an extent that all [[civilization]] would be [[encompassed]] by [[love]], and that would be the [[realization]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]]. ([[100:4|100:4.6]])
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You cannot truly [[love]] your fellows by a mere [[act]] of the [[volition|will]]. [[Love]] is only [[born]] of thoroughgoing [[understanding]] of your [[neighbor]]'s [[motives]] and [[sentiment]]s. It is not so important to [[love]] all men today as it is that each day you learn to love one more [[human being]]. If each day or each week you [[achieve]] an [[understanding]] of one more of your fellows, and if this is the [[limit]] of your [[ability]], then you are certainly [[socializing]] and truly [[spiritualizing]] your [[personality]]. [[Love]] is [[infectious]], and when [[human]] [[devotion]] is [[intelligent]] and [[wise]], [[love]] is more catching than hate. But only genuine and [[unselfish]] [[love]] is truly [[contagious]]. If each [[mortal]] could only become a [[focus]] of [[dynamic]] [[affection]], this benign [[virus]] of [[love]] would soon pervade the sentimental [[emotion]]-[[stream]] of [[humanity]] to such an extent that all [[civilization]] would be [[encompassed]] by [[love]], and that would be the [[realization]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]]. ([[100:4|100:4.6]])
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