People who do not love themselves can adore others, because adoration is making someone else big and ourselves small. They can desire others, because desire comes out of a sense of inner incompleteness, which demands to be filled. But they can not love others, because love is an affirmation of the living growing being in all of us. If you don't have it, you can't give it.

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This quote suggests that individuals who do not have a strong sense of self-love are more inclined to place others on a pedestal, admiring and desiring them. However, true love, characterized by affirming and nurturing the essence of others, cannot be effectively given if one does not possess it themselves. Love stems from a deep connection with one's own growth and being, and without this inner love and affirmation, it becomes challenging to extend genuine love to others.

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