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Affection Quote by F.B. Meyer

“Purity of heart means the control of the imagination and the rigorous care of the affections.” quote by F.B. Meyer — Download Open image

“Purity of heart means the control of the imagination and the rigorous care of the affections.”

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My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with diffiulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don't respect you…

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Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need…

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In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution…

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I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…

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There are a number of qualities which are important for mental peace, but from the little experience I have, I believe that one of…

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A lost love. Deny it who will, ridicule it, treat it as mere imagination and sentiment, the thing is and will be; and women…

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Affection! Affection is false.

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We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection. We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness…

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