why is the author comparing love and selfishness

Here’s a good starter description of what love looks like:

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

And…

Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.

Finally…

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

So love is a many-splendored thing that many of us rarely experience in it’s true form. Selfless love isn’t about being a doormat for someone else. But it also seeks to benefit the person who is the object of our love over ourselves. At first blush, that sounds awfully like “doormat”. But it’s not. Because a person on the receiving end of “true love” can’t, I believe, help but respond positively to it. I’ve rarely encountered true love from others, but on the fleeting occasions where I have, I felt empowered, cared for and wanting to return the love a hundred fold.

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Dear Sekhar, they say love and selfishness are twins. Swami Vivekananda says" Love is expansion and selfishness is contraction." He compares love with selfishness because  is difficult to love someone beyond yourself if you are selfish. By being selfish, we are limiting and confining this world to negativity. Love is cheerful, joyous, compassionate, forgiving, generous. Love is patient. It is kind. It does not envy and does not boast. Love does not keep a record of wrongs. Love protects, trusts, hopes and preserves. None of them are even possible with selfishness. Love never fails but selfishness fails you. So, it is only apt that the author compare love with selfishness.

Hello student please help me with the novel/book which you're talking about so that I can provide you exact information. There's no comparison between love and selfishness but surely there's some reason that's why the author is comparing these two.

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