Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

Cultivate Love.—Love for God and love for
one another is to be cultivated, for it is as precious
as gold. We need now to make the very best
representation of the character of pure and
undefiled religion, which, both in its nature and its
requirements, is the opposite of selfishness. Love
like that which Christ exemplified is incomparable;
it is above gold or silver or precious stones in
value. The love that Christ possessed is to be
prayed for and sought for. The Christian who
possesses it bears a character above all human
infirmities.—Lt 335, 1905.
All Need Love.—The reason there are so many
hard-hearted men and women in our world is that
true affection has been regarded as weakness and
has been discouraged and repressed. The better part
of the nature of persons of this class was perverted
and dwarfed in childhood, and unless rays of divine
light can melt away their coldness and hardhearted
selfishness, the happiness of such is buried forever.
If we would have tender hearts, such as Jesus had
when He was upon the earth, and sanctified
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