Aelred of Rievaulx Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor.”
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“No medicine is more valuable , none more efficacious, none better suited to the cure of our temporal ills than a friend to whom we may turn for consolation in time of trouble, and with whom we may share happiness in time of joy.”
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“As a result of a kiss, there arises in the mind a wonderful feeling of delight that awakens and binds together the love of them that kiss....”
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“Friendship is that virtue by which spirits are bound by ties of love and sweetness and out of many are made one.”
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“The reward of friendship is itself. The man who hopes for anything else does not understand what true friendship is.”
-- Aelred of Rievaulx
