When love is your greatest weakness, you will be the strongest person in the world.

The line hinges on a paradox: what appears to make someone vulnerable—love, attachment, tenderness—can also be the deepest source of resilience. To admit love as a “weakness” is to acknowledge the risks it brings (hurt, loss, dependence), yet choosing it anyway requires unusual courage and self-mastery. The quote suggests that real strength is not hardness or invulnerability but the capacity to remain open-hearted under pressure, to act with care rather than defensiveness, and to let empathy guide one’s decisions. In that sense, the “strongest person” is the one whose power is grounded in compassion rather than fear.