But no, it should be otherwise. A command seems hard, but a reward is desirable. He, who loves God as he ought to love Him, yea, and as he must love Him, whether he will or no, and as all creatures love Him, must love his neighbour as himself. Then that man will be always rejoicing, always useful, and always honourable. There is no other cause for finding nothing, but that thou seekest nothing.
All creatures are absolutely nothing.
That which has no being is nothing. He who desired to have all the world with God, would have nothing more than if he had God alone. Listen, I beseech you, to a true saying. When God created all creatures, they were so vile and mean that He could not live and move in them. God must give Himself to me as my own, as He is in Himself, or I have nothing and care for nothing.