Aelred of Rievaulx Quotes
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Moreover, one should so respect a friend's presence that he dare not perform anything shameful or speak any unbecoming word, since any fault so reflects on a friend that the friend not only blushes and grieves inwardly but also reproaches himself with what he sees or hears, as if he had committed the sin himself.
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Rid self of suspicions by contemplating love.
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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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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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The reward of friendship is itself. The man who hopes for anything else does not understand what true friendship is.
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In friendship there is nothing more outstanding than faithfulness, which seems to be both the nurse and guardian of friendship.
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When “reason is joined to affection… that love is pure because it comes from reason, and agreeable because it comes from affection”.
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You should separate that friendship which is spiritual from the many other kinds of friendship. Spiritual friendship is to some extent involved with and obscured by other kinds of friendships, which can hinder those who desire spiritual friendship
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Often affection precedes friendship, but it ought never to be followed unless it is led by reason, moderated by a sense of honor, and ruled by justice.