Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes

Genuine and true love is so rare that when you encounter it in any form, it's a wonderful thing, to be utterly cherished in whatever form it takes.

Do not seek to be loved at any price, because Love has no price.

But now I knew that true love was above all that and that it would be better to die than to fail to love.

Love can only be found through the act of loving.

If it is conditional, it is not love

If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.

Love means to be willing to give until it hurts.

Real Love truthfully sees the flaws - and still really loves fully.

The most basic and somehow forgettable thing is this: Love is not pain. Love is goodness. And real love--it's less shiny than solid and simple.

Limited love asks for possession of the beloved, but the unlimited asks only for itself.

True love can exist only in freedom from possession.

Love is not greedy or self-seeking, but pure, faithful and genuinely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, seeking their good, radiating joy and beauty.

Love demands all, and has a right to all.

Love can make a great celebration out of your life - but only love, not lust, not ego, not possessiveness, not jealousy, not dependence.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

We should love others truly, for their own sakes rather than our own.

Love asks for nothing. Only personalities want something.

The mistake we make, is when we seek to be beloved, instead of loving.

I told you I set no limits on my love for you. I don't. Yet I have never expected you to offer me your body. It was the whole of your heart, all for myself, that I sought. Even though I've never had a right to it. For you gave it away ere ever you saw me.

It is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for love's sake; and the prayer goes: O Lord, I do not want wealth nor children nor learning. If it be Thy will, I shall go from birth to birth. But grant me this, that I may love thee without the hope of reward 'love' unselfishly for love's sake.

But love is something that has to be as selfish as it is unselfish. You can't make yourself love someone because you feel like you should. Just wanting to love someone isn't enough.

True love is an acceptance of someone else for who they are.

Biblical love is not emotions or feelings, but attitudes and actions that seek the best interests of the other person, regardless of how we feel toward him.

Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.