Affection Quotes

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Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon his mind. A… — Alexander Hamilton
The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human… — William Bartram
Let the one great aim and ideal be to lift up and universalize our affection, so that while it is as deep and intimate as… — Nilakanta Sri Ram
My Lord, I have nothing to do in this World, but to seek and serve thee; I have nothing to do with a Heart and… — Richard Baxter
Until we have a natural, that is, a conscientious world, it cannot be known by experience what natural law will do for the gratification of… — Joseph Cook
...I put down these memorandums of my affections in honor of tenderness, in honor of all of those who have been conscripted into the brotherhood… — Edward Hirsch
Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like… — Leigh Hunt
We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to us and are… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The choicest thing this world has for a man is affection. — J. G. Holland
Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above. — John Angell James
To make a man happy, fill his hands with work, his heart with affection, his mind with purpose, his memory with useful knowledge, his future… — Frederick E. Crane
The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls a fig a… — Lucian
It is better to give love. Hatred is a low and degrading motion and is so poisonous that no man is strong enough to use… — Thomas Dreier
Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let him… — Michel de Montaigne
No important change in ethics was ever accomplished without an internal chage in our intellectual emphasis, loyalties, affections, and convictions. — Aldo Leopold
Just keep in mind the feeling 'I am', merge in it, till your mind and feeling become one. By repeated attempts you will stumble on… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
I come, O Lord, unto Thy sanctuary to see the life and food of my soul. As I hope in Thee, O Lord, inspire me… — Clare of Assisi
Every time I hear anyone speak of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Blessed Sacrament I feel an indescribable joy. It is as… — Pope John XXIII

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