First the lover must learn charity and keep God's law. Then he shall be blessed a hundredfold, and he shall do great things without great effort, and bear all pain without suffering. And so his life will surpass human reason indeed.
He who lives in despair / takes and gives in vain. - Hadewijch
He who lives in despair / takes and gives in vain.
- Hadewijch
It is written in the code of love: He who strikes the blow is himself struck down. - Hadewijch
It is written in the code of love: He who strikes the blow is himself struck down.
Be fervent in God, and let nothing grieve you, whatever you encounter. - Hadewijch
Be fervent in God, and let nothing grieve you, whatever you encounter.
I wish to devote all my time / To noble thoughts about great Love. - Hadewijch
I wish to devote all my time / To noble thoughts about great Love.
For this is love's truth; she joins two in one being, makes sweet sour, strangers neighbors, and the lowly noble. - Hadewijch
For this is love's truth; she joins two in one being, makes sweet sour, strangers neighbors, and the lowly noble.
even if you do the best you can in all things, your human nature must often fall short; so entrust yourself to God's goodness, for his goodness is gr… - Hadewijch
even if you do the best you can in all things, your human nature must often fall short; so entrust yourself to God's goodness, for his goodness is gr…
Do good under all circumstances, but with no care for any profit, or any blessedness, or any damnation, or any salvation, or any martyrdom; but all y… - Hadewijch
Do good under all circumstances, but with no care for any profit, or any blessedness, or any damnation, or any salvation, or any martyrdom; but all y…
Love has seven names, / Which, as you know, are appropriate to her; / Chain, light, live coal, and fire - / ... dew, living spring, and hell. - Hadewijch
Love has seven names, / Which, as you know, are appropriate to her; / Chain, light, live coal, and fire - / ... dew, living spring, and hell.
love is that burning fire which devours everything and shall never, never cease in all the endless ages to come. - Hadewijch
love is that burning fire which devours everything and shall never, never cease in all the endless ages to come.
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