Love is sufficient of itself; it gives pleasure by itself and because of itself. It is its own merit, its own reward. Love looks for no cause outside itself, no effect beyond itself. Its profit lies in the practice.
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
3 comments:
oh ok
i was thinking about lust
I can honestly say that I've never heard that before, and that I'm sorry I didn't. It's one of the most profound lessons I think anyone ever offered us. Thank you for bringing that one out.
Jimmy
Um, ok, if you say so!
Gaz ;-)
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