Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
God is surrounded with people full of love who demand of him the benefits of love which are in his power: thus he is properly the king of love.
The heart has its reasons, which Reason does not know. We feel it in a thousand things. It is the heart which feels God, and not Reason. This, then, is perfect faith: God felt in the heart.
As soon as the soul has been made to perceive that a thing can conduct it to that which it loves supremely, it must inevitably embrace it with joy.
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves. Disputed