Quotes About Devotion

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

...and when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...

There is no such thing as a lover's 0ath.

There is no such thing as a lover's oath.

and when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

Nulle dies sine linea.

You summon us, we follow. You order us to be free and so we will be.

The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's.

The greater love is a mother's then comes a dog's then a sweetheart's.

I want someone who puts the whole ball of wax at risk. I want the kind of marriage where we would follow each other out into the stormy fatal sea or I'm not marrying at all.

All kinds of ordinary people gave their whole hearts to things you wouldn't think you could give your heart to.

I was convinced I felt as strongly about Jane Austen's books as Ashleigh had ever felt about any of her crazes, but my love was deep and silent - and therefore easily overshadowed.

There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding herself tied by affection and habit to an enthusiast.

The increase of scientific knowledge lies not only in the occasional milestones of science, but in the efforts of the very large body of men who with love and devotion observe and study nature.

An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.

To the greater glory of God.

My hope, O Lord, is in you. You are my Way, my Truth, my Life; my one and supreme good. Help me to never lose sight of my ultimate destination or be detoured by the maze of slogans clamoring for my attention. Keep my heart and my gaze fixed on you, who give meaning to everything in and around me.

Anyone who has a special devotion to the sacred Eucharist and who tries to repay Christ's infinite love for us with an eager and unselfish love of his own will experience and fully understand how worthwhile it is to carry on a conversation with Christ, for there is nothing more consoling here on earth, nothing more efficacious for progress along the path of holiness.

The modern woman will note with pleasant surprise that Mary of Nazareth, while being completely devoted to the will of God, was far from being a timidly submissive woman or one whose piety was repellent to others. On the contrary, she was a woman who did not hesitate to proclaim that God vindicates the humble and the oppressed and removes the powerful people of this world from their privileged positions. (Marialis Cultus)

If you're ever lucky enough to belong somewhere, if a place takes you in and you take it into yourself, you don't desert it just because it can kill you. There are things more valuable than life.

Maybe anything could become the most beautiful thing in the world if you gave in fully, let it take you over, let it be all you had.

Give me leave, lord, and I will be the best of your hounds – but if a dog be driven out, he will become a wolf and feed on his master's flocks.

Dia sangat cinta pada republik, revolusi, dia mencintai kampung halamannya, biarpun busuk-busuk membumbungkan gas lumpur dan kotorannya sendiri.