The main problem with love is that one of the partners is often not mature enough.

If you are a mature person psychologically, spiritually, you will not fall in love with a child. A mature person has enough integrity to be alone. When a mature person gives his love, he simply gives, he feels grateful that you have received it, not vice versa. He does not expect you to be grateful for it, he does not need your gratitude. He thanks you for receiving his love.

When two mature people love each other, one of the greatest paradoxes of life happens, one of the most beautiful phenomena: they are together, but at the same time they are immensely alone. They are so together that they are almost one, but their unity does not destroy individuality - in fact, it increases it, they become more individual.

Two mature people in love help each other to become freer. There is no politics, no diplomacy, no attempt to subjugate the other. How can you try to subjugate the person you love? Just think about it - subjugation is a kind of hatred, anger, hostility. How can you even think about dominating the person you love?

Their personalities don't mix - they are amplified.