Beatrijs of Nazareth Quotes on Love
Beatrijs of Nazareth was a thirteenth-century Cistercian nun, mystic, and philosopher of the Low Countries, prioress of the abbey of Our Lady of Nazareth near Lier in the southern Low Countries. This page collects quotes attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth on the topic of love, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“Love has seven manners, and each is a kingdom in itself.”
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“What the soul desires above all other things, it does not yet know how to ask for.”
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“The wound of love is the proof that one is alive in love.”
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“To rest in eternity is to lose nothing of the self that one had to give.”
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Attributed to Beatrijs of Nazareth:
“There is no last manner of love; there is only the manner that is given to one this hour.”