Quotes About Devotion

If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and never get tired

It seems impossible that you can love one person so much, no matter what happens, no matter what they do.

Do you love this God who is everything, or do you just love everything He gives you?

I will be dust, but dust in love

As you learn to love the company of the holy, your heart will become pure.

If our love were but more simple, We should take Him at His word; And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of the Lord.

There's a difference between being in love with somebody and being absolutley in love with somebody.

My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last.

I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other.

Our most important work is love.

The modern mind, which regards itself as having transcended the domain of the magical, is nonetheless still endlessly capable of "irrational" (read motivated) reactions. We fall under the spell of experience whenever we attribute our frustration, aggression, devotion or lust to the person or situation that exists as the proximal "cause" of such agitation. We are not yet "objective," even in our most clear-headed moments (and thank God for that).

The single axioms of the ideologically possessed are gods, served blindly by their proselytizers.

la familia que se pelea entre las ruinas de su hogar devastado por un terremoto tiene muchas menos probabilidades de reconstruir algo que la familia fortalecida por la confianza y la devoción mutuas

You don't choose who you fall in love with, do you? And once you do fall in love—that obsessive sort of love, that all-consuming love, where two people can't stand to be apart from each other for even a moment—how are you supposed to let a love like that pass you by?

we lingered there for just one more moment, and held each other, and savored the feeling of wanting and being wanted. Loving, and being loved.

Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather.

Y el amor real, el verdadero, se basa en el hecho de que el otro ame todavía más que uno mismo gracias a ello.

Alguien escribió que es mejor decir "te amo" a decir "te quiero", porque "te amo" es entrega mientras que "te quiero" es posesión.

Nunca tendremos fecha de caducidad para nuestro amor aunque la muerte nos separe tarde o temprano. Yo estaré a tu lado. Tú me redimirás. Yo te cuidare. Y tú me darás esa luz sin la que ahora mismo no se sabría vivir....

Maria Cabaçu era feia, mulata escura, filho de negro e india, grossa e zangada. Dava nos homens que a achavam feia. Mas se entregou toda a um cearense amarelo e fraco que a amou como se ela fosse uma mulher bonita, de corpo belo e olhos sensuais.

uno sufre porque ama, no por estar casado.

Por que pregar susto na gente, Berrito desgraçado? Tu bem sabe que tenho o coração fraco, o médico recomendou que eu não me aborrecesse. Cada ideia tu tem, como posso viver sem tu, homem com parte com o tinhoso? Tou acostumada com tu, com as coisas malucas que tu diz, tua velhice sabida, teu jeito tão sem jeito, teu gosto de bondade. Por que tu me fez isso hoje? — e tomava da cabeça ferida na peleja, beijava-lhe os olhos de malícia.

Eram assim as noites de amor desses bons esposos, com seguro bis aos sábados, facultativo às quartas-feiras.

Eu estava nas profundas, preso, de mãos e pés atados, me deu trabalho demais me desamarrar para vir te ver, meu bem. Mas tu me chamou, e eu vim, atravessando o fogo e o frio, o nada e o não. Chego e tu me nega o pão, a água de beber, por quê? — Ai, Vadinho…