All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
“We must discover the glorious, completing love of God. If you are single, you do not have to find a mate to… — Brian Simmons Copy Share Image
Air, food, shelter, clothing and water are the means of life. Yet, next to the love of God and others, it is… — John Lars Zwerenz Copy Share Image
“Has the old man lost his freaking mind? Would I ask him to share something he’s worked his ass off for? Would… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
“There stood one, in physical proportion and stature commanding and exact—in intellect richly endowed—in natural eloquence a prodigy—in soul manifestly "created but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Preaching the gospel to myself each day mounts a powerful assault against my pride and serves to establish humility in its place.… — Milton Vincent Copy Share Image
“You see, women have been essential to every great move of God. Yes, Moses led the Isaelites out of Egypt, but only… — Stasi Eldredge Copy Share Image
“If we know our original blessing, we can easily handle our original sin. If we rest in a previous dignity, we can… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Tonight," he announced, "is the night we take back that village. And we're not going to do it by marching in lines… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
“Jean Valjean understood thoroughly the expiation of the former; that personal expiation, the expiation for one’s self. But he did not understand… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Friendship after the flesh is very easily destroyed on some slight pretext, since it is not held firm by spiritual perception. But… — Diadochos of Photiki Copy Share Image
I receive your love and I give you mine. Not the love of a man for a woman, not the love of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“And then Dieter was like, 'Over my dead body!' "And I was thinking my roomie was about to get his wish. "And… — B. Justin Shier Copy Share Image
“Faith, hope and charity go together. Hope is practised through the virtue of patience, which continues to do good even in the… — Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger Copy Share Image
“Oh my god." She threw her hands up. "It's a sex injury. You don't have to go all Dr. McDreamy on me,… — Diane Alberts Copy Share Image
“Go back up on deck,” he said huskily. “Why?” Cat asked, her voice as dazed as her eyes. “If you don’t, I’ll… — Elizabeth Lowell Copy Share Image
“It is only the infinite mercy and love of God that has prevented us from tearing ourselves to pieces and destroying His… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Truth is more than trustable knowledge; it is deeply experiential, confessional, and contextual. It should be engaged in a community that he… — Yung Suk Kim Copy Share Image
Think not you are charitable if the love of Jesus and His brethren be not purely the motive of your gifts. Alas!… — Hugh Reginald Haweis Copy Share Image
“In the doctrine of providence we have a specific Christian confession exclusively possible through a true faith in Jesus Christ ... this… — G C Berkouwer Copy Share Image
“Young Castle called me "Scoop." "Good Morning, Scoop. What's new in the word game?" "I might ask the same of you," I… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the… — James George Frazer Copy Share Image
“Now Christianity proposes a completely different account of how history comes to a climax and what precisely constitutes the new order of… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“In one of the verses of Lal Ded, or Lalla, a fourteenth-century mystic from Kashmir, Lalla says: “At the end of a… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“That's too bad, Anneliese, the house is really spectacular. Anneke is a true talent." "It will be a new standard-bearer for the… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
“Can we actually suppose that we are wasting, polluting, and making ugly this beautiful land for the sake of patriotism and the… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Whatever the "Christian conservatives" in America say, there is no one set of rightful opinions that follow on automatically from your belief.… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
“Love is not selective, just as the light of the sun is not selective. It does not make one person special. It… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Would I learn how to be contented and cheerful under all the cares and anxieties of life ? What school shall I… — J.C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“So what was Michelangelo’s real message? “SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST”? A more profound and legitimate explanation of the Sistine is that perhaps… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
Holy love has a way of consuming some. This is what is meant by the one who said, 'You have ravished our… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
“We are not free to love God insofar as we are enslaved to creatures. And we all are. We are addicted to… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“I smack into him as if shoved from behind. He doesn't budge, not an inch. Just holds my shoulders and waits. Maybe… — Anna Banks Copy Share Image
“The God of St. Thomas and Dante is a God Who loves, the god of Aristotle is a god who does not… — Étienne Gilson Copy Share Image
