Devotion Quotes

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Ideas come when we do not expect them, and not when we are brooding and searching at our desks. Yet ideas would certainly not come… — Max Weber
In the life of the Indian there is only one inevitable duty-the duty of prayer-the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal. Our daily devotions… — Charles Alexander Eastman
There is a lot of difference between offering a garland of flowers bought from a shop and one that we make out of flowers picked… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Children, we may go to the temple, reverently circumambulate the sanctum sanctorum and put our offering in the charity box, but on our way out… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Renovating temples does not mean building great gate towers or receptacles for offerings. What we should focus on is the regular conduct of worship according… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Children, if we can do archana of the 1000 Names of the Divine Mother daily with devotion, we will grow spiritually. There will never be… — Mata Amritanandamayi
When doing archana (daily prayers) as a group, one person should chant the mantra and the others should repeat it. Mantras should be chanted slowly,… — Mata Amritanandamayi
Children, we can grow spiritually only if we see the guru as the manifestation of God. We should not accept anyone as guru before we… — Mata Amritanandamayi
No sooner than I had begun to read this great work [Frasier, The Golden Bough], than I became immersed in it and enslaved by it.… — Bronislaw Malinowski
Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing. — Xunzi
To be on the safe and humane side, let every relative and friend ... remember the golden rule, which has never been suspended with respect… — Clifford Whittingham Beers
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the… — Ignatius Loyola
A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship, it must be maintained, and with far more devotion… — Lionel Shriver
We Catholics must admit that there is a constant temptation among us to avoid the lectionary and the Word of God for private and pious… — Richard Rohr
If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for… — Dada Vaswani
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest. — Evan Bayh
I know without our fans and the devotion of our fans we wouldn't be here. I don't mean to put them down, but I'm just… — Roger Daltrey
Before you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job… — Francois Hollande
Her [Rosalind Franklin] devotion to research showed itself at its finest in the last months of her life. Although stricken with an illness which she… — John Desmond Bernal
Stanley Kubrick, I had been told, hates interviews. It's hard to know what to expect of the man if you've only seen his films. One… — Tim Cahill

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