Devotion Quote by Sogyal Rinpoche

Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth. Real devotion is rooted in an awed and reverent gratitude, but one that is lucid,…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“The attitudes of receptivity are various, and Will had sincerely tried many of them. He was not excessively fond of wine, but he had…

— George Eliot

Let any man turn to God in earnest, let him begin to exercise himself unto godliness, let him seek to develop his powers of…

— Anonymous

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Culture' means a long receptivity to things of the mind and the spirit.

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