The Spirit of Love

. . . and you have not the Spirit of Love in you till you
have this will to all goodness at all times and on all occasions.
You may indeed do many works of love and delight in them,
especially at such times as they are not inconvenient to your
state or temper or occurrences in life. But the Spirit of Love
is not in you till it is the spirit of your life, till you live
freely, willingly, and universally according to it.
- William Law (1686-1761), "The Spirit of Love" [1752-4]