Devotion Quotes
I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not mean all our time should be devoted to feeding and clothing the body
Lucy StoneLucy Stone Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men’s devotion.
Liu BeiLiu Bei The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective.
Agnes MartinAgnes Martin These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.
Wendell BerryWendell Berry Let not the wise disturb the mind of the unwise in their selfish work. Let him, working with devotion, show them the joy of good work.
AnonymousAnonymous Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
Robert Louis StevensonRobert Louis Stevenson By unswerving devotion to Me, a man crosses over three Gunas – I am the Abode of Brahman, Eternal and Immutable, of everlasting Dharma and Absolute Bliss.
Chinmayananda SaraswatiChinmayananda Saraswati Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.
XunziXunzi The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
James MadisonJames Madison Whoever benefits his enemy with straightforward intention that man’s enemies will soon fold their hands in devotion.
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow The bond of friendship as tight as any lover – where shoulders carry shared burden, a devotion unmatched by any other.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby One doesn’t defend one’s god: one’s god is in himself a defense.
Henry JamesHenry James Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust.
Richard WrightRichard Wright Real devotion is an unbroken receptivity to the truth
Sogyal RinpocheSogyal Rinpoche As we progress in it, the process reveals itself as wonderfully interdependent: We, from our side, try continually to generate devotion.
Sogyal RinpocheSogyal Rinpoche The important thing is not the finding, it is the seeking, it is the devotion with which one spins the wheel of prayer and scripture, discovering the truth little by little.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin