# What the Stoics Thought About Love ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[dailystoic.com]] - Full Title: What the Stoics Thought About Love - Category: #articles - URL: https://dailystoic.com/stoicism-love/ ## Highlights - the Stoic would say, even in love. Accept the human condition and the bounds set for you by nature. Understand that you cannot possess what you love. We have our loved ones on loans and should rejoice in them as long as they are present. But when they are gone, we should not allow their absence to fill us with sorrow or distress. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1530393791/20417763)) - Note: A healthy relationship with love