Doe Quote by Simone Weil

God, who needs nothing, loves into existence wholly superfluous creatures in order that he may love and perfect them.

— C. S. Lewis

Realization of God cannot be achieved without ecstatic love for Him.

— Sarada Devi

The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become…

— Plato

“We must learn to realize that the love of God seeks us in every situation, and seeks our good. His inscrutable love seeks our…

— Thomas Merton

Here God is not approached as an object that we must love, but as a mystery present in the very act of love itself.

— Peter Rollins

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth, Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume: The wicked work their woe…

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

“In the deep of His mighty nature God thinks, wills, enjoys, feels, loves, desires, and suffers as any other person may.”

— A.W. Tozer

God, to redeem us at the deepest portion of our nature - the urge to love and be loved - must reveal His nature…

— E. Stanley Jones

He who does not love does not know God; for God is love

— John 4:8

Even if we don't know if God exists, we can be certain love exists, because its power transcends death.

— Sandra Cisneros

He that loveth God will do diligence to please God by his works, and abandon himself, with all his might, well for to do.

— Geoffrey Chaucer

To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or…

— Peter Claver