A truly loyal friend sees nothing in his friend but his heart.
St Aelred of Rievaulx (1109-67)
For Aelred, the perfection of human friendship is an epiphany of the real presence of Christ. Christ, he says, makes the third between us. In this Christian vision, all true friendship will "begin in Christ, continue in Christ and be perfected in Christ." It is a beautiful and profound understanding of the humanity of the risen Jesus.
These quotes, sent me by Dick Fletcher, are from The Good Heart by the Dalai Lama.
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