Affection Quotes

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But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if… — Sigmund Freud
For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifesting their affections are the correct ones. It's not just about… — Carrie Brownstein
A man must have a stout digestion to feed upon some men's theology; no sap, no sweetness, no life, but all stern accuracy, and fleshless… — Charles Spurgeon
A lot of people think that Christianity is you doing all the righteous things you hate and avoiding all the wicked things you love in… — Paul Washer
The intelligence displayed by many dumb animals approaches so closely to human intelligence that it is a mystery. The animals see and hear and love… — Ellen G. White
Laying out grounds... may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.... it is to assist Nature in moving the… — William Wordsworth
Man is, at one and the same time, a solitary being and a social being. As a solitary being, he attempts to protect his own… — Albert Einstein
To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were)… — Edmund Burke
Find the things that stir your affections for Christ and saturate your life in them. Find the things that rob you of that affection and… — Matt Chandler
Itâ€™s easy: You simply follow the trail of your time, your affection, your energy, your money, and your allegiance. At the end of that trail… — Louie Giglio
Mothers ought to bring up and nurse their own children; for they bring them up with greater affection and with greater anxiety, as loving them… — Plutarch
There is in the body, a current of energy, affection and intelligence, which guides, maintains and energizes the body. Discover that current and stay with… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
He was too tough to experience disappointments and resentments - negative affections. In this nihilist fin de siÃ¨cle, he was affirmation. Right through to illness… — Jean-Francois Lyotard
If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is healthy and has… — Nhat Hanh
Genuine human friendship is on the basis of human affection, irrespective of your position. Therefore, the more you show concern about the welfare and rights… — Dalai Lama
At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his… — Richard E. Byrd
When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time;… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection. — Moliere
The affections cannot keep their youth any more than men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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