Love

"For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or between Christians and unbelievers, or between slave and free, or between male and female. For in him there is neither Greek nor Jew, male nor female, bond not free, but Christ who 'is all, and in all'" (Col. 3:11; cf. Gal. 3:28). -- St. Maximos the Confessor

"God said, 'Let there be light', and there was light. God said, 'Be calm', and the seas were calm. God's word is efficacious. So what does it mean if God says, 'I love you'? It means his grace is showered upon us, and we are saved." -- Unknown (perhaps Fr. James Bernstein)

"The real God is greater than any man's thought can imagine. He made life as deep and strong as the sea. Your gods are as shallow as a reeking pond. He's above us, and around us; in us, like the breath in our bodies. And he has one law that we break at our peril: the law is love. Whatever we do that breaks that law condemns us. And so that we should see what his love is, he sent his son, to live the life of a man. To show that God understands the life he has made. Tomorrow in the arena, show the emperor that we know what life is worth. Throw away your weapons. Do you think all the things of the earth and the heavens have been made for no other reason except that we should eat and make money and spawn children and kill and die? What a purpose for creation! If anything is beyond belief, that is." -- Character of Sahek in the Movie Barabbas (1961)

=See Also

The Purpose Of Life