Just observe how love which manifests in too low a form can transform into violence

"When you feel hatred for someone, what is this impulse that leads you to pulverise him with a look or even to strike him? And if you love someone tenderly, what is this impulse that moves you to smile at him, to speak sweetly to him and to bring him gifts? Whether it is love or hate, it is always the same impulse: sometimes it manifests in the Venusian form and acts with delicacy, expressiveness, poetry, and gentleness, and sometimes it becomes Martian and can shatter everything in its path. Just observe how love which manifests in too low a form can transform into violence. The need to satisfy their desires makes men and women egotistical, cruel, and thoughtless where another is concerned. On the contrary, those who wish to manifest the higher degrees of love act with generosity and selflessness, and with consideration for the future of the person they love. And yet, in its origins, the impulse is the same."