Perfect Love

᾽Ελεγον ὁ άββας ᾽Αγαθων, ὅτι εἰ δυνατὸν ἥν μοι εὑρειν κελεφὸν, και δοῦναι αὐτῷ τὸ ἐμὸν σωμα, και λαβειν τὸ αὐτοῦ, ἡδέως εἷχον. Αὕτη γάρ ἐστιν ἡ τελεια ἀγάπη. Ἀποφθέγματα Ἀγίων Γερόντων, Παλλάδιος Γαλατίας Source: Migne PG 65.116c

Father Agathon said, 'If it were possible, I would find a leper and give him my body and take his own, and do so happily. For this is perfect love.' Sayings of the Fathers, Palladius of Galatia