Quotation by

Franz Kafka

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.

Franz Kafka

Alone

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Sensual love can mislead a person about what true, spiritual love really is because it contains a hidden part of that higher love inside it. This unconscious presence of heavenly love within sensual love is what allows it to create that false impression.

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