Love is intrinsically selfish

[thesummerqueen]

And unrequited love? To get nothing back for what you feel but you love that person anyway? I think we'd have to define which kind of love we're talking about as to whether it's selfish.

Empathy, while not selfish, isn't necessarily the unselfish emotion I'd use for an example though. Empathy is merely a tool to help you relate to someone. I'd rather say compassion is the key.