The saints do not contemplate to know, but to love. They do not love for the sake of loving but for the love of Him whom they love… For them, the end of ends is not to bring exultation to their intellect and nature and thus stop at themselves. It is to do the will of Another, to contribute to the good of the Good. They do not seek their own soul. They lose it.
–Jacques Maritain (1882–1973)