We need to be loved and to love

My friends, how desperately do we need to be loved and to love. When Christ said that man does not live by bread alone, he spoke of a hunger. This hunger was not the hunger of the body. It was not the hunger for bread. He spoke of a hunger that begins deep down in the very depths of our being. He spoke of a need as vital as breath. He spoke of our hunger for love.

– Chief Dan George, The Wisdom of the Native Americans edited by Kent Nerburn
http://www.virtuesforlife.com/native-american-wisdom-on-love/

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