Alfred North Whitehead
English mathematician and philosopher (1861-1947)
Richard Rolle
English hermit and religious writer (c.1300-1349)
Richard Rollewas an English hermit, mystic, and religious writer. He is also known as Richard Rolle of Hampole or de Hampole, since at the end of his life he lived near a Cistercian nunnery in Hampole, now in South Yorkshire.
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Richard Rollewas an English hermit, mystic, and religious writer. He is also known as Richard Rolle of Hampole or de Hampole, since at the end of his life he lived near a Cistercian nunnery in Hampole, now in South Yorkshire. In many ways, he can be considered the first English author, insofar as his vernacular works were widely considered to have considerable religious authority and influencesoon after his death, and for centuries afterwards.
6 Quotes by Richard Rolle
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The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought.
Richard RolleEnglish hermit and religious writer (c.1300-1349)
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It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.
Richard RolleEnglish hermit and religious writer (c.1300-1349)
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Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in no other thing finds joy and comfort.
Richard RolleEnglish hermit and religious writer (c.1300-1349)
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The first is called insuperable, the second inseparable, the third singular.
Richard RolleEnglish hermit and religious writer (c.1300-1349)
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For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.
Richard RolleEnglish hermit and religious writer (c.1300-1349)
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Who breathe where you will, come into me and snatch me up to yourself.
Richard RolleEnglish hermit and religious writer (c.1300-1349)