The gratitude that we encounter helps us believe in the goodness of the world, and strengthens us thereby to do what's good.
~ Albert Schweitzer, thanks to Liz Stewart
The presence of love kindles into the will a fire of sacred love. Being always with the Holy One, who is a consuming fire, reduces to ashes whatever can be in opposition to it. The soul thus aflame can no longer live except in the Presence, a presence that produces in its heart a holy ardor, a sacred eagerness, and a fierce yearning to see God loved, known, served, and loved by all creatures.