Hadewijch of Antwerp Quotes on Love
Hadewijch of Antwerp was a thirteenth-century Flemish Beguine mystic and philosopher, leader of a small community of beguines in the Low Countries, and the author of one of the most original and demanding bodies of mystical philosophical writing in any medieval vernacular. This page collects quotes attributed to Hadewijch of Antwerp on the topic of love, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Hadewijch of Antwerp:
“Love alone gives the knowledge that love is.”
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“She who lives without love does not yet know what it is to live.”
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Attributed to Hadewijch of Antwerp:
“The soul is at home in love when it has learned to be a stranger to everything else.”
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Attributed to Hadewijch of Antwerp:
“Where God is the lover, the soul can hide nothing from God or from itself.”
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Attributed to Hadewijch of Antwerp:
“Pain rightly borne is the very door through which love enters.”