The one point missed by most comments is that - until everyone could face themselves as they truly were and accept themselves as such, they could not truly love another person (desire is easy - love is hard). Loving yourself requires you to accept your faults - just as loving another requires accepting their faults - and loving them /yourself in spite of those faults. Humans are naturally selfish, jealous, greedy and self-serving so, love is not a natural state for us (the reason love is so overwhelming). We must fight our natural state to love another person and it is a constant battle to maintain. However, the battle is easier to win once you find the person for which you are willing to defy your own true nature.
The one point missed by most comments is that - until everyone could face themselves as they truly were and accept themselves as such, they could not truly love another person (desire is easy - love is hard). Loving yourself requires you to accept your faults - just as loving another requires accepting their faults - and loving them /yourself in spite of those faults. Humans are naturally selfish, jealous, greedy and self-serving so, love is not a natural state for us (the reason love is so overwhelming). We must fight our natural state to love another person and it is a constant battle to maintain. However, the battle is easier to win once you find the person for which you are willing to defy your own true nature.