"True charity is not self-seeking, but goes all the way for the honor and glory of God. Those who are charitable envy no one, nor do they seek their own pleasure, but desire above all things to find their joy in God.
How well they know that no good begins in humans and so they refer all to God, from Whom all things come and in Whom all the Saints find their eternal blessedness. If they had only a spark of real charity, they would know in their souls that all earthly things are vain."
Imitation of Christ, Book One, Chapter Fifteen
