They for whom God is not enough are greedy. The reward for all your works should be that they are known to God and that you seek God in them. Let thi… - Meister Eckhart

A person should never be satisfied with a thought God, for when the thought perishes, the God also perishes.

"This is also what was meant when that loving soul said, "I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer." (Song of Solomon 5:6)"

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.