Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.

Then is Love blest, when from the cup of the body he drinks the wine of the soul.

If Pity come as Pity, bid her stay; But if in guise of Love, chase her away.

Trust Love, nor fear to soar upon his track. The wings that bore to Heaven will bear thee back.

Art achieves all little things by absolute truth: but all her great things need some admixture of illusion.

In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.

Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power.