What is the value of love

Peace • Love • Respect •Responsibility • Tolerance • Honesty • Humility • Happiness • Cooperation • Simplicity • Freedom • Unity

Values representation artwork drawn by Aristana from Karuna Bali Media Production department, Ubud, Indonesia.

In addition to illustrating the meaning of values, the Reflection Points offer a values perspective, one of valuing the dignity and worth of each human being.

Age group: 3 — 7 years

I am loveable.
I have love inside.
Love is caring.
Love is sharing.
Love is being kind.
Love makes me feel safe.
When there’s lots of love inside, anger runs away.

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Age group: 8 — 14 years

Everyone in this room is lovable and capable.
When I am full of love, anger runs away.
Love is the value that makes our relationships better.
When my words give flowers instead of thorns, I create a better world.
I can have love for myself, love for my family, love for others, love for my country, love for my goals, and love for the world all at the same time.
Love for others means I want what is good for them.
Love means I can be kind, caring, and understanding.
When we feel strong inside, it’s easy to be loving.
Love is caring, love is sharing.
Love is being a trustworthy friend.
"Our task must be to free ourselves . . . by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living beings and all of nature." — Albert Einstein
"The real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If our hearts are empty, no law or political reform can fill them." — Tolstoy

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Age group: Young Adults

In a better world, the natural law is Love, and in a better person, the natural nature is loving.
Universal Love holds no boundaries or preferences, Love emanates to all.
"The real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If our hearts are empty, no law or political reform can fill them." — Tolstoy
Love is not simply a desire, a passion, an intense feeling for one person or object, but a consciousness which is simultaneously selfless and self-fulfilling.
"Our task must be to free ourselves...by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living beings and all of nature." — Albert Einstein
Love can be for one’s country, for a cherished aim, for truth, for justice, for ethics, for people, for nature.
Love is the principle which creates and sustains human relations with dignity and depth.
Love means I can be kind, caring and understanding.
Love is the basis for a belief in equality and goodwill toward all.
Love is all around – I can feel it.
When we feel strong inside, it is easy to be loving.
Love is a catalyst for change, development and achievement.
Love is seeing each one more beautiful than the next.
Real Love ensures kindness, caring and understanding, and removes jealous and controlling behaviours.

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…I argue Husserl’s concept of love…

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…the lecture courses on axiolology…

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…real and actual consciousness…

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Section 2, 12th paragraph from above, 2nd sentence from above: The word “sentimentalize” is wrongly syllabized. The correct syllabification is “sentimenta-lize” (and not “sentimental-ize”).

…would idealize and sentimenta-lize the case…

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