If Love dwelt not in Trouble, it could have nothing to love. But its substance which it loves, namely the poor soul, being in trouble and pain, it hath thence cause to love this its own substance and to deliver it from pain, that so itself may by it be again beloved.
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"If Love dwelt not in Trouble, it could have nothing to love. But its substance which it loves, namely the poor soul, being in trouble and pain, it hath thence cause to love this its own substance and to deliver it from pain, that so itself may by it be again beloved." — Jakob Bohme #loveromance
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If Love dwelt not in Trouble, it could have nothing to love. But its substance which it loves, namely the poor soul, being in trouble and pain, it hath thence cause to love this its own substance and to deliver it from pain, that so itself may by it be again beloved. — Jakob Bohme
About Jakob Bohme
Jakob Bohme was a Theologian from Germany (1575–1624).
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Who said "If Love dwelt not in Trouble, it could have nothing to love. But its substance…"?
This quote is attributed to Jakob Bohme, a Theologian from Germany.
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Jakob Bohme lived from 1575 – 1624.
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