In this letter to the Salt Lake Tribune E. W. Barham quotes Emmet Fox on the power of love:

There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer,

No disease that enough love will not heal,

No door that enough love will not open,

No gulf that enough love will not bridge;

No wall that enough love will not throw down,

No sin that enough love will not redeem.

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble,

How hopeless the outlook,

How muddled the tangle,

How great the mistake,

A sufficient realization of love will help dissolve it.

It's a nice sentiment, but I don't think that it really states the truth. It seems to me that most people who use "love" this way, really mean "agree with me."


How about this version:

There is no difficulty that enough agreeing with me will not conquer,

No disease that enough agreeing with me will not heal,

No door that enough agreeing with me will not open,

No gulf that enough agreeing with me will not bridge;

No wall that enough agreeing with me will not throw down,

No sin that enough agreeing with me will not redeem.

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble,

How hopeless the outlook,

How muddled the tangle,

How great the mistake,

A sufficient realization of agreeing with me will help dissolve it.

Now you know how stupid the original really is. I remember how, during the 1960s, many Peace protesters become angry and even violent towards those who didn't accept their simplistic solutions.


Jesus Christ has all the love there is, but he can't save anyone without their repentance. We can't have peace when there are people who want to kill us in service to their god. Love can work many miracles, but it can't deny personal freedom.