“Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.”
Quote by Bernard of Clairvaux
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Bernard of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux, born in 1090 and died on August 20, 1153, was an individual of an unknown profession/category. more
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