He himself is my meditation;

he is my delight;

him for his own sake I seek above me;

from him himself I feed within me.

He is the field in which I labour;

he is the fruit for which I labour.

He is my cause;

he is my effect.

He is my beginning;

he is my end without end.

He is for eternity.

(Ipse mihi meditation

Ipse mihi delectation.

Ipseum propter ipsum super me quaero.

Ipso ab ipso inter me pasco.

Ipse mihi ager in quo laboro,

Ipse mihi fructus pro quo laboro,

Ipse mihi causa,

Ipse mihi effectus,

Ipse mihi principium,

Ipse mihi finis sine fine,

Ipse mihi in aeternum.)

– Isaac of Stella –