The fammous Sufi woman, Rabi'ah al Adawiyyah said:
"My God, if I worshipped you out of fear of the fire, then burn me with the fire of hell; and if I worshipped you out of the desire for paradise, then deprive me of it; but if i worshipped you for your love, then don't deprive me, my God, of your eternal beauty".
She also said:
"I did not worship Him fearing His fire, and desiring His paradise, then I would be like a bad hired hand; but I worshipped Him out of love and yearning for Him".