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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/first-that-we-should-love-god-with-our-whole-heart-that-is-to-say/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

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## More by Margaret Porette

> [“Reason. Lady Love, I ask yet one more question: why does this book say that this Soul has everything and yet has nothing? Love.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/reason-lady-love-i-ask-yet-one-more-question-why-does-this-book-say/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/first-that-we-should-love-god-with-our-whole-heart-that-is-to-say/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/love-already-says-love-i-have-said-that-such-souls-value-every/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“ How this Soul has the name of the change into which Love has changed her. Chapter 83. Love. So such a Soul has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/how-this-soul-has-the-name-of-the-change-into-which-love-has-changed/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“Love. Meditation of Pure Love has only one intention, that she might always love faithfully without wishing for any reward, and the Soul cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/love-meditation-of-pure-love-has-only-one-intention-that-she-might/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“ How such Souls have no will at all. Chapter 9.1 Love. If anyone were to ask such free souls, untroubled and at peace,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/how-such-souls-have-no-will-at-all-chapter-9-1-love-if-anyone-were-to/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“This Soul, says Love, has six wings, 4 just as the Seraphim. She no longer wishes for anything which comes by an intermediary, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/this-soul-says-love-has-six-wings-4-just-as-the-seraphim-she-no/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“Reason. And who are you, Love? says Reason. Are you not also one of the Virtues, and one of us, even though you be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/reason-and-who-are-you-love-says-reason-are-you-not-also-one-of-the/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“Charity is obedient1 to no created thing, but only to Love. Charity has nothing of her own, and even if she had anything, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/charity-is-obedient1-to-no-created-thing-but-only-to-love-charity-has/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“ How this Soul swims in the sea of joy. Chapter 28. Love. Such a Soul, 1 says Love, swims in the sea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/how-this-soul-swims-in-the-sea-of-joy-chapter-28-love-such-a-soul-1/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“Now listen, Reason, says Love, to understand better what you are asking about. A man who is on fire feels no cold, a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/now-listen-reason-says-love-to-understand-better-what-you-are-asking/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

> [“On these two crutches is the Soul supported, and so she need pay no heed to her enemies to the right or to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-porette/on-these-two-crutches-is-the-soul-supported-and-so-she-need-pay-no/)

[Margaret Porette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-porette/)

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