Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes About Love
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Let no one believe that he has received the divine kiss, if he knows the truth without loving it or loves it without understanding it. But blessed is that kiss whereby not only is God recognized but also the Father is loved; for there is never full knowledge without perfect love.
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The measure of love is love without measure.
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What we love we shall grow to resemble.
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We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
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Love me, love my dog.
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Love is alone sufficient by itself, it pleases by itself and for it's own sake. It is itself a merit, and itself it's own recompense. It seeks neither cause, nor consequences beyond itself. It is its own fruit, its own object and usefulness. I love because I love you, I love that I may love.
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Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.
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