What is the highest Good? Much talk hath been hereof and high debate: I swear the highest Good is Love. Love is the Lord of All. Even the Trinity Hath been in thrall to Love from all eternity. Love is God’s nature. He can do naught else. Wouldst thou be God, then likewise love in every instant’s Now. Beauty is born of Love alone. The Countenance Divine Hath all its Loveliness from Love, else it would cease to shine. Love is the measure of the heart’s Felicity; The more ’tis filled with Love, the happier thou wilt be. Pass through Love’s gate if thou wouldst go the shortest way to God… — Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)
The True Man