You can't blame gravity for falling in love.

When Albert Einstein spoke the words, “You can’t blame gravity for falling in love,” he was not merely jesting about the mysteries of attraction; he was unveiling one of the profound paradoxes of human existence — that some forces in life are beyond calculation, yet they move us more powerfully than the laws of physics ever could. For the man who uncovered the secrets of the universe, who measured the movement of planets and the bending of light, understood that there exists another invisible force — love — which no equation can contain, and yet it holds the world together more surely than any natural law.

Einstein’s genius was not cold or mechanical. He saw that even in the universe’s perfect order, there was a kind of divine chaos — a pull that reason could not master. When he said we cannot “blame gravity” for falling in love, he meant that love is not a phenomenon of logic or control, but of surrender. Just as gravity draws every object toward the earth, love draws souls toward one another — but unlike gravity, love cannot be predicted, calculated, or resisted by understanding alone. It comes unbidden, sometimes defying every expectation, every plan, every boundary of sense. It is the most human of all mysteries, and perhaps the most divine.

For those who seek to explain love, the quote is a warning. You cannot chart it like a star or reduce it to chemistry without losing its essence. The heart has its own geometry, drawn not by science but by spirit. In the story of Romeo and Juliet, two young souls were drawn together with a force stronger than their world’s hatred. Logic would have told them to stay apart; reason would have urged caution. Yet love, unbound by law or gravity, made them defy the universe itself. Their love, though tragic, became eternal — a reminder that what is born of the heart is beyond the reach of reason.

Einstein himself lived this truth. Though known for his intellect, he was also a man of great emotion and tenderness, often writing letters filled with affection and longing. Behind his scientific calm lay a poet’s soul, aware that life’s deepest truths are felt, not proven. To fall in love, he knew, is not an act of will but of destiny — as if the universe conspires to bring two souls into the same orbit. To blame gravity for such a fall is to misunderstand the nature of love entirely. For love is not a law of matter, but a law of being.

In the ancient wisdom of the East and West alike, love has always been seen as the highest power — the energy that moves the heavens and gives meaning to all things. Plato called it the striving of the soul toward beauty; the mystics saw it as the spark of the divine within the human heart. Even in the teachings of the Buddha, compassion — love extended beyond self — is the path to enlightenment. Einstein, in his own way, joined these timeless voices, reminding humanity that beyond all discovery and intellect, there is one truth we cannot dissect: to love is to live under the law of wonder.

And yet, there is a hidden lesson in his humor. When he said, “You can’t blame gravity,” he was reminding us not to seek excuses for love’s power or its pain. Love is not something that happens to us, like a force of nature—it is something we accept. When we fall, we choose to stay fallen. Love may strike like lightning, but its endurance comes from the courage to nurture it. It is not a weakness to fall in love; it is a testament to our humanity, to our willingness to be vulnerable beneath the stars.

So, my child, when love finds you, do not try to measure it, nor resist it with logic. Let it lift you, even if it also brings you to your knees. For though gravity pulls the body down, love lifts the soul upward — beyond space, beyond time, beyond understanding. To live without love is to live as an empty vessel obeying only natural law; but to love, truly and freely, is to become part of the divine mystery itself. And in that sacred falling, the universe smiles — for it recognizes in your heart the same force that gave birth to the stars.