Love is the most precious, the most beautiful. It lightens the load, and bears craftiness with patience. Love turns bitterness into sweetness, elevates the human being, and desires peace. Love is honest, submissive, calming, meek, truthful, patient, and chivalrous in all things. Love is docile, obedient, without arrogance and pride. Love is calm, mature and devout. From it emanates all goodness. Those with love rest in peace and have complete solace. Nothing is better than love, nothing more precious, or more beautiful, preferred, more holy, more splendid, or sweeter. Love is revered: it is the best thing. Nothing equals it in heaven or on earth. — St. Kyrillos VI