“When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.”

“The way to attain love is to love. A less excellent love leads to a greater love, and a greater love in turn leads to the highest love, as well as to the most excellent and ultimate fruits of active love. Each of these degrees has its own theory and practice. All of them, especially the last degrees, possess a simple, exalted, and singular contemplation of the divine Object, which constantly exerts a powerful influence on the soul and ravishes it with delight.”

“Those who hate most fervently must have once loved deeply; those who want to deny the world must have once embraced what they now set on fire.”

“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”

“Love is most nearly itself
When here and now cease to matter.”

“He who has thought most deeply loves what is most alive.”

“It was unfair that people who longed for love the most, searched the hardest for it, found it so elusive.”

“When one is considering systems it's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumptions.”

“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”

“When I, who conduct this inquiry, love something, then three things are found: I, what I love, and the love itself. … There are, therefore three things: the lover, the beloved and the love.”