Paradise is the divine joy, and that was in their own hearts so long as they stood in the love of God.

Paradise is the divine and angelical joy, pure love, pure joy, pure gladness, in which there is no fear, no misery, and no death.

Which paradise neither death nor the devil can touch.

And yet it has no stone wall around it; only a great gulf which no man or angel can cross but by that new birth of which Christ spoke to Nicodemus.

Reason asks, Where is paradise to be found?
Is it far off or near?
Is it in this world or is it above the stars?
Where is that desirable native country where there is no death?
Beloved, there is nothing nearer you at this moment than paradise, if you incline that way.