Aelred of Rievaulx quotes
-
“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.”
-- Aelred of Rievaulx -
“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.”
-- Aelred of Rievaulx -
“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....”
-- Aelred of Rievaulx -
“Friendship is that virtue by which spirits are bound by ties of love and sweetness and out of many are made one.”
-- Aelred of RievaulxSource : Aelred of Rievaulx, Saint Aelred (of Rievaulx) (1974). “Spiritual friendship”, Cistercian Pubns
-
-
“The reward of friendship is itself. The man who hopes for anything else does not understand what true friendship is.”
-- Aelred of Rievaulx
-
Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers
You may also like:
-
Anselm of Canterbury
Saint -
Basil Pennington
Writer -
Benedict of Nursia
Saint -
Bonaventure
Philosopher -
Gertrude the Great
Saint -
Gregory of Nazianzus
Saint -
Hilary of Poitiers
Doctor -
Hildegard of Bingen
Saint -
John of the Cross
Saint -
Peter Abelard
Philosopher -
Richard Rolle
Writer -
St. Catherine of Siena
Saint -
Thomas Aquinas
Priest -
Thomas Merton
Writer -
William of Malmesbury
Writer