We love the Lord, not because He is good to us,
but because He is good.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God;
from these two comes a delight in God, who is love.

 
Bl. Julian of Norwich, 14th century

Let us seek God as our only good.

 
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 19th century

What is easier, sweeter, more pleasant,
than to love goodness, beauty and love;
the fullness of which you are, O Lord, my God.

 
St. Robert Bellarmine, 17th century

Lord, our God, finding you, 
may we love you,
and loving you, we may hate those sins
from which you 
have redeemed us.

 
St. Anselm of Canterbury, 11th century

Our love for Christ is as strong as death,
because it is itself a kind of death:
destroying the old life, rooting out vice,
and laying aside dead works.

 
Baldwin of Canterbury, 12th century

If we love God, we ourselves become divinized.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

Request the gift of God Himself.

 
St. Augustine of Hippo, 5th century