What does this quote mean from "The Little Prince"?: "Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction."I...

I agree that one point of this quote might be that people who are in love tend to be consumed only with one another, which is, as the last response indicated, a form of selfishness, since gazing at the object of one's love is satisfies one's needs.  But another point might be that this is a kind of love in a vaccuum, not taking into account the rest of the world in which the lovers must exist.  Are we put on this earth merely to satisfy ourselves and those with whom we are in love, or are we meant to take care of others in the world, our family, our friends, our community, our nation, and our planet?  If I and my loved one are looking outward, to the world around us, we are united in a goal that is greater than just ourselves and one another.  Should not the power of love energize us and motivate us to help the world around us?