Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.

To have dominion by religion, is to have dominion over men's souls, thus over their very spiritual life, and to use the Divine things, which are in their religion, as the means

God loves every one of us but cannot directly benefit us; he can benefit us only indirectly through each other. For this reason he inspires us with his love

The end of creation is that all things may return to the Creator and be united with Him.

In a word, to grow old in heaven is to grow young.

So far as the Angels are recipients of that spiritual heat and light they are loves and wisdoms, not loves and wisdoms for themselves, but from the Lord.

He who is in evil, is also in the punishment of evil.