I'll give you an exact definition. When the happiness of another person becomes as essential to yourself as your own, then the state of love exists.
Robert A. HeinleinThe truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa.
Robert A. HeinleinWhat is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it... which for the majority translates as 'Bread and Circuses'.
Robert A. Heinlein