“Charity is obedient1 to no created thing, but only to Love. Charity has nothing of her own, and even if she had anything, she does not say that it is hers at all. Charity abandons her own task and goes… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“Reason. Lady Love, I ask yet one more question: why does this book say that this Soul has everything and yet has nothing? Love.… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“First, that we should love God with our whole heart—that is to say that our thoughts should always be truly directed towards him: and… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“Love. Already, says Love, I have said that such Souls value every affliction of their heart—both for body and for soul—as highly as if… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“ How this Soul has the name of the change into which Love has changed her. Chapter 83. Love. So such a Soul has… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“Love. Meditation of Pure Love has only one intention, that she might always love faithfully without wishing for any reward, and the Soul cannot… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“ How such Souls have no will at all. Chapter 9.1 Love. If anyone were to ask such free souls, untroubled and at peace,… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“This Soul, says Love, has six wings, 4 just as the Seraphim. She no longer wishes for anything which comes by an intermediary, for… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“Reason. And who are you, Love? says Reason. Are you not also one of the Virtues, and one of us, even though you be… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“Charity is obedient1 to no created thing, but only to Love. Charity has nothing of her own, and even if she had anything, she… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“ How this Soul swims in the sea of joy. Chapter 28. Love. Such a Soul, 1 says Love, swims in the sea of… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“Now listen, Reason, says Love, to understand better what you are asking about. A man who is on fire feels no cold, a man… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
“On these two crutches is the Soul supported, and so she need pay no heed to her enemies to the right or to the… — Margaret Porette Copy Share Image
