Prayer is self-discipline. The effort to realize the presence and power of God stretches the sinews of the soul and hardens its… — Samuel Marinus Zwemer Copy Share Image
Novelty may fix our attention not even on the service but on the celebrant. You know what I mean. Try as one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Science is a match that man has just got alight. He thought he was in a room - in moments of devotion,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The word ‘holiday’ comes from ‘holy day’ and holy means ‘exalted and worthy of complete devotion.’ By that definition, all days are… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. I can express with very limited adequacy… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
I had just finished a run of shows in the States and went to NY to work with BenZel for a couple… — Jessie Ware Copy Share Image
Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks in…… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have urged on woman independence of man, not that I do not think the sexes mutually needed by one another, but… — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
Devotion is the essence of the path, and if we have in mind nothing but the guru and feel nothing but fervent… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Soul mates are those one in million who have perfect chemistry. They know what makes their partner cry and what makes them… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
About Mike the construction worker, friend of Roark: "He worshipped expertness of any kind. He loved his work passionately and had no… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Being with someone is finding someone who brings out the very best in you, not the worst in you. Someone who isn't… — Telisa McLaughlin Copy Share Image
So we find that in almost every religion these are the three primary things which we have in the worship of God… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is need of a great revival of spiritual life, of truly fervent devotion to our Lord Jesus, of entire consecration to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Your heart of devotion and obedience is not in vain. Who knows but God how many people have come near to you… — Amy Layne Litzelman Copy Share Image
Devotion {to the spiritual master} becomes the purest, quickest, and simplest way to realize the nature of our mind and all things.… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is… — Alphonsus Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The date will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The church and the whorehouse arrived in the Far West simultaneously. And each would have been horrified to think it was a… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
We live in the age of Noah (a.s.) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
Of all ennobling sentiments, patriotism may be the most easily manipulated. On the one hand, it gives powerful expression to what is… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“For my own part, I tend to find the doctrinal books often more helpful in devotion than the devotional books, and I… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
They would make the 'Church ' their great meeting-point, rather than the Atonement of Christ. As far as my experience goes, they… — Frances Ridley Havergal Copy Share Image
Know that the eradication of the identification with the body is charity, spiritual austerity and ritual sacrifice; it is virtue, divine union… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
It is most heartening to learn that young men and women, in their late teens and twenties, are increasingly attracted to meditative… — John Joseph O'Connor Copy Share Image
As with every aspect of our sanctification, the renewal of the mind may be painful and difficult. It requires hard work and… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
Philip wasn't the sort of man to make a friend of a woman. He wanted devotion. I gave him that. I did,… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Anyone attempting to live a Christian lifestyle will always be pressed towards settling for "nominal Christianity." For the believer who lives in… — Matthew West Copy Share Image
It takes time and devotion to learn the language of color and lighting in the garden. Your tastes are sure to change… — Christopher McDowell Copy Share Image
If you take this life to be simply what old religious folks pretend (I mean the effete, gone to seed in a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The fruit of patience in all its aspects - long-suffering, forbearance, endurance, and perseverance - is a fruit that is most intimately… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
To me, the Craft is what Christianity was 2,000 years ago. It was a religion that was not corrupted. I personally think… — Silver RavenWolf Copy Share Image
“The one great advantage of Bhakti is that it is the easiest and most natural way to reach the great divine end… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It was this same Jesus, the Christ who, among many other remarkable things, said and repeated something which, proceeding from any other… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
My adorable darling, I may not be the first woman in your life but I want to be the last woman in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There is a story about a great chief and his negro wife They were in a trading post, and white men took… — Dahlia DeWinters Copy Share Image
Build traditions in your families that will bring you together, for they can demonstrate your devotion, love, and support for one another.… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
