Imitation of Christ

Quid habet mundus conferre sine Jesu? Esse sine Jesu est gravis infernus, et esse cum Jesu dulcis paradisus. Si fuerit tecum Jesus, invenit thesaurum bonus, immo bonum super omne bonum. Et qui perdidit Jesum, perdidit nimis multum et plus quam totum mundum. Pauperrimus est qui vivit sine Jesu, ditissimus est qui bene est cum Jesu. 

What can the world profit you without Jesus? To be without Jesus is the lowest hell, and to be with Jesus is sweet paradise. If Jesus were with you no enemy could hurt you. He who finds Jesus finds a good treasure, yes, good above all good; and he who loses Jesus loses exceeding much, yes, more than the whole world. Most poor is he who lives without Jesus, and most rich is he who is much with Jesus.

Imitation of Christ, II, 8:2