Quotes from Richard Rolle

Who breathe where you will, come into me and snatch me up to yourself.

Also, we ought to work in this time of grace; for we are GOD'S bought thralls, with the price of His dear-worthy Blood, to work in His vine-yard: and yet He doth promise us reward, if we do with good-will that which, as a debt, we ought to do.

Most is God for to be loved: mickle are heavenly things for to be loved: little, or nought but for need, are earthly things to be loved. Withouten doubt thus every man is turned to Christ whiles nought is desired by him but only Christ.

And S. Gregory says:—"Our life is like a man in a ship; sit he, stand he, sleep he, wake he, ever he gets thitherward where the ship is driving with the force of the weather. So we, in this short time, whatsoever we do, we drive ever to our end." And our enemy

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.

Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in no other thing finds joy and comfort.

Thy love is Singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ, and thou dost find joy and comfort in no other thing.

The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought.

It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.