“Therefore all that is not beautiful in the beloved, all that comes between and is not of love's kind, must be destroyed.”

“Love loves unto purity. Love has ever in view the absolute loveliness of that which it beholds. Therefore all that is not beautiful in the beloved, all that comes between and is not of love's kind, must be destroyed. And our God is a consuming fire.”

“Since with all my soul I behold the face of my beloved, therefore all the beauty of his form is seen in me.”

“Love between the ugly, is the most beautiful love of all”

“The love of money is the root of all evil, therefore selfishness must be the seed.”

“Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal. Love is more sensitive than hatred itself to every blemish in the beloved… Of all powers he forgives most, but he condones least: he is pleased with little, but demands all.”