Love of God and Others

(Meister Eckhart by Kreg Yingst - found here)

“Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love a cow―for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage.”

“If I had a friend and loved him because of the benefits which this brought me and because of getting my own way, then it would not be my friend that I loved but myself. I should love my friend on account of his own goodness and virtues and account of all that he is in himself. Only if I love my friend in this way do I love him properly.”

~Meister Eckhart