Affection Quote by Jane Porter

This is the sacrifice: the endless possibility that is offered up on the altar of the form...

— Martin Buber

May your heart be an altar, from which the bright flame of unending thanksgiving ascends to heaven.

— Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

Love--that divine fire which was made to light and warm the temple of home--sometimes burns at unholy altars.

— Horace Mann

“One altar forever is preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,--ourselves, our god is great, and money is his Prophet! We…

— Okakura Kakuzo

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the…

— Chanakya

All the loveliness imparted to the creature is lent it to give us enlarged conceptions of that vast confluence and immensity that exuberates in…

— Robert Boyle

“There must be a glowing light above such houses. The joy they contain must escape in light through the stones of the walls and…

— Victor Hugo

Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.

— James Anthony Froude

“There is a sanctification in sacrifice–that’s where the Greek word comes from. Now whether you take that sanctification (or holiness) literally or figuratively, there…

— Richie Norton

When therefore the first spark of a desire after God arises in thy soul, cherish it with all thy care, give all thy heart…

— William Law

It is not the church we want, but the sacrifice; not the emotion of admiration, but the act of adoration; not the gift, but…

— John Ruskin

Even if you're an agnostic or an atheist, you can create an altar, because an altar is simply paying homage to someone's life and…

— Sandra Cisneros