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Quotes About Hearts

In temples you find religion, but in hearts you find God.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
True love is a spiritual force that binds 2 hearts together.
~ Ellen J. Barrier
Do you remember what it says in The Book of the Law ? 'I am the Snake that giveth Knowledge and Delight and bright glory, and stir the hearts of men with drunkenness. To worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, and be drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all.' Yes, I said slowly, and I thought it a bit daring; might tempt people to be foolhardy, don't you think? Of course, agreed Basil, if you read it carelessly.
~ Aleister Crowley
I believe [the Bible] is meant to soften our hearts, not harden them.
~ Alex Sanchez
So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.
~ Alexandre Dumas
It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going to lose, was after all, a good thing.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Sighs united together are almost prayers; prayers coming from two hearts are almost acts of grace.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Love. It mystically transcended death. It healed hearts. It changed thoughts. And when you met it head-on, it gave you courage in return.
~ Dorothea Benton Frank
Draw nigh to God and cleanse your hands you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
~ Douglas Hensley
As preachers of the gospel spread throughout a society, and new life comes to more and more of the population, the preconditions for an open society are being established. The more the law of God is written on hearts and minds, which is what happens under the new covenant, the less necessary it is to have standards of public decency urged upon us from billboards.
~ Douglas Wilson
It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer in America who stuck hearts and cupids on their windows by January second to rub it in. (Thwonk)
~ Joan Bauer
For what is it that angels do? They bring us good news. They open our eyes to moments of wonder, to lovely possibilities, to exemplary people, to the idea that God is here in our midst. They lift our hearts and give us wings.
~ JOAN WESTER ANDERSON
The rabbi says God gave man dominion over animals, but animals have dominion over our hearts. So, it all evens
~ Joanna Campbell Slan
He's calling us to the Great Exchange--the one where we ccan never lose. As we trade the "many things" that make us anxious, He gives us the "one thing" that calms our hearts. Himself.
~ Joanna Weaver
I will defend the oppressed, and glory in the virtue, which teaches me, that it is the first duty of humanity to do so. Yes, my Lord, if it must be so, I am ready to sacrifice inferior duties to the grandeur of a principle, which ought to expand all hearts and impel all actions. I shall best support the honour of my house by adhering to its dictates.
~ Ann Radcliffe
But godhead gradually slipped away from him, leaving only a sense of election and the power, through his music, to to change landscapes, seasons, hearts.
~ Ann Wroe
Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.
~ Anna Godbersen
Meanwhile music pounded / across hearts opening every valve to the desperate drama of being / a self in a song.
~ Anne Carson
Orféus s'approcha, tout près. Il y eut un silence. Malva ferma les yeux et, avec une douceur infinie, Orféus posa ses lèvres sur les siennes. À cet instant, leurs cœurs devinrent semblables aux étoiles jumelles qui brillaient dans le ciel : deux petites points lumineux au milieu des ténèbres immenses de l'univers.
~ Anne-Laure Bondoux
What were the present and future to him, he who did not fear the sandstorm? Did he know what fortune and misfortune mean, and what our tortured hearts called hope?
~ Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Dire and beyond all healing is the hate When hearts that loved are turned to enmity.
~ Euripides
The despairing, dying autumn and our love--how well they harmonize!' said Eleanor sadly one day as they lay dripping by the water. 'The Indian summer of our hearts--' he ceased. 'Tell me,' she said finally, 'was she light or dark?' 'Light.' 'Was she more beautiful than I am?' 'I don't know,' said Amory shortly.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
The fact is, when men carry the same ideals in their hearts, nothing can isolate them - neither prison walls nor the sod of cemeteries. For single memory, a single spirit, a single idea, a single conscience, a single dignity will sustain them all.
~ Fidel Castro
Whichever day it was, it was a gently day - mild, magical and innocent with great sailing of white cloud serene and impregnable in the high sky, moving along like kingly swans on quiet water. The sun was in the neighbourhood also, distributing his enchantment unobtrusively, colouring the sides of things that were unalive and livening the hearts of living things.
~ Flann O'Brien