But there is another reason why God alone is the happiness of our souls, to which I wish rather to direct attention: The contemplation of Him, and nothing but it, is able fully to open and relieve the mind, to unlock, occupy, and fix our affections.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Let us then die with Christ, to live with Christ.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)
Love is a good disposition of the soul by which one prefers no being to the knowledge of God.
–Saint Maximos the Confessor (580-662)
God the Father is a deep root, the Son is the shoot that breaks forth into the world, and the Spirit is that which spreads beauty and fragrance.
–Tertullian (c.160 – 225)
Our actions have a tongue of their own; they have an eloquence of their own, even when the tongue is silent. For deeds prove the lover more than words.
–Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313-386)
