Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of physical warmth, then the warmth of the affections. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If there is an amateur reader still left in the world—or anybody who just reads and runs—I ask him or her, with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Christ has not conquered my affections if He has to compete for my attention. — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The enthusiasm geologists show for adding new words to their conversation is, if anything, exceeded by their affection for the old. They… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit… — Joko Beck Copy Share Image
It is remarkable that men, when they differ in what they think considerable, will be apt to differ in almost everything else;… — Cato the Younger Copy Share Image
Set me free from evil passions, and heal my heart of all inordinate affections; that being inwardly cured and thoroughly cleansed, I… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Superstitions, and especially the early cultivation of religion, with its "fear of the Lord" and of unknown mysterious agencies, are especially potent… — Boris Sidis Copy Share Image
Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward… — Henry Clarence Thiessen Copy Share Image
I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St.… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
What really matters in any little human relationship is the affection between the couple; and not the mingling of their beliefs. — Ramandeep Singh Copy Share Image
Purity of heart means the control of the imagination and the rigorous care of the affections. — F.B. Meyer Copy Share Image
My books are about ordinary people, like you, me, people on the street, people who really have an expectation of reasonable happiness… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
The love for the brand is immense. It gets a lot of affection from millions and millions of people. — Rajeev Suri Copy Share Image
Our physical illnesses serve us for medicines to purge us from worldly affections and retrench what is superfluous in us, and since… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
The English have this extraordianry respect for longevity. The best example of this was Queen Victoria, a most unpleasant woman who achieved… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
The charity that begins at home cannot rest there but draws one inexorably over the threshold and off the porch and down… — Nancy Mairs Copy Share Image
She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
The fruit of solitude is increased sensitivity and compassion for others. There comes a new freedom to be with people. There is… — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
I'm telling you this for one reason and one reason only: No matter how sure you are of someone's love, it's always… — Mike Gayle Copy Share Image
Your top job as a new parent is to love your baby like crazy. After showering her with affection, your next two… — Harvey Karp Copy Share Image
The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
