Spiritual Quotes

Unconditional Love of God

Take My last word, My utmost meaning have!
Precious thou art to Me; right well-beloved!
Listen! I tell thee for thy comfort this.
Give Me thy heart! adore Me! serve Me! cling
In faith and love and reverence to Me!
So shalt thou come to Me! I promise true,
For thou art sweet to Me!
—The Song Celestial (Bhagavad Gita), translated by Sir Edwin Arnold

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. —I John 4:16 (KJV)

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. —Psalms 36:9 –10 (KJV)

...neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God.... —Romans 8:38 –39 (KJV)

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: Our love to others and others’ love to us. We ought therefore above all things to get acquainted with the nature of Love. For Love is the root and foundation of nature: Love is the Soul of Life and Crown of rewards. If we cannot be satisfied in the nature of Love we can never be satisfied at all. The very end for which God made the world, was that He might manifest His Love. —Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations

Love is so sweet, and thou art by God’s Love so infinitely exalted. —Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditations

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. —Psalms 40:11 (KJV)