Miscellanies 6.9.71

For the one who knows is such that he is subject only to the affections that arise for the maintenance of the body, such as hunger, thirst, and the like. But in the case of the Savior it would be ridiculous to suppose that the body, as a body, demanded the necessary services for its maintenance; for he ate not for the sake of the body, which was held together by holy power, but so that it might not enter the minds of those who were with him to think otherwise about him, as indeed later some supposed that he had been manifested only in appearance. He himself was entirely free from passion; no movement of passion, either pleasure or pain, found its way into him. The apostles, having mastered anger and fear and desire in a more knowing way through the Lord's teaching, did not admit even what seem to be the good forms of passionate movement, such as boldness, zeal, joy, and cheerfulness; they were in no way changed, by a firm settledness of mind, but always remained unaltered in a habit of discipline, at least after the Lord's resurrection. For even if someone accepts the aforesaid goods when they arise with reason, they are still not to be admitted in the perfect man. He has no occasion for boldness (for he is never among terrors, since he considers nothing in life terrible, and nothing can draw him away from the love of God); nor does he need cheerfulness (for he does not fall into grief, being persuaded that all things turn out well); nor indeed does he become angry (for there is nothing that will move him to anger, since he always loves God and is wholly turned to him alone, and therefore hates none of God's creatures); nor is he zealous (for he lacks nothing needed for being made like the beautiful and good; nor, then, does he love anyone with this common friendship, but he loves the Creator through the creatures).