“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 with our whole soul, that is that we should say nothing but what is true, even… — 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
