“When generosity is a fundamental disposition of a person’s being, then all the other virtues are increased and all the powers of the soul adorned, for a generous person is always joyful in spirit and carefree of heart, filled to overflowing with desires and dedicated to all persons without distinction in the practice of this virtue. However poor a person might be, if he is generous, and not enamored of the things of this world, he is like God.”
John Ruusbroec (1293-1381) in Spiritual Espousals (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1985) 60-61.