As I think of the words of Jesus in John 12:25 (ESV) -- "Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life" -- here's a favorite quote I came across recently (thank you, Brother JP!) ---- from Augustine:
"If you love your soul, there is danger that it may perish. Therefore you are not permitted to love it, since you do not want it to perish. But in not wanting it to perish, you love it."
(Sermon 368, I; PL 39:1652)
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