For, observe that open loves are held to be more honourable than secret ones, and that the love of the noblest and highest, even if their persons are less beautiful than others, is especially honourable.
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Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.
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Nothing in the world is worth turning one’s back on what one loves.
If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but not believed; for he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself, he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.
For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.