Fear

"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead."
Bertrand Russell

This is my daily quote which I read for the first time at approximately 4:29 AM. I am trying to figure out where the three parts comes in. Love + Life = 2 parts, right? Google said that this guy was an English logician and philosopher, so there has to be logic about it.

Ah, maybe this is it. I found another part of the quote: "Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness." So, maybe love + life + happiness = 3 parts.

And, “Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.”

He went on to say, “To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.”

The irony is that there really is no logic in love itself, and that is why so many fear it. Loving is the surest way to get hurt, but for some reason, it is something we all must have.