Thought for Today

Duty without love breeds weariness;
Duty with love breeds constancy.

Responsibility without love breeds unconcern;
Responsibility with love breeds concern.

Righteousness without love breeds hardness;
Righteousness with love breeds reliability.

Education without love breeds contrariness;
Education with love breeds patience.

Wisdom without love breeds rifts;
Wisdom with love breeds understanding.

Friendliness without love breeds hypocrisy;
Friendliness with love breeds grace.

Order without love breeds pettiness;
Order with love breeds understanding.

Knowledge without love breeds dogmatism;
Knowledge with love breeds trustworthiness.

Power without love breeds arrogance;
Power with love breeds generosity.

Faith without love breeds fanaticism;
Faith with love breeds peacemaking.

anonymous

Love, in essence, has produced a syllabus of virtues that includes constancy, concern, reliability, patience, understanding, grace, generosity, trustworthiness, helpfulness, modesty, and peacemaking.