He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 10:37-39

"The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God."

- St. Irenaeus of Lyons