#devotion

If the sum of living be love's fee, Tremble. You are my one eternity. ↗

— Laura Benet

#emotion #love #philosophy #love

Devotion gradually progresses to higher levels. . . . One type goes to God and asks Him to remove his suffering. Another one will ask for money or material things. A third will request liberation or release from his bondage. And the fourth will not ask for anything. He will just enjoy praying and praising his Lord. That is the highest form of prayer. (Beyond Word, 119) ↗

— Swami Satchidananda

#devotion #prayer #suffering #money

This was how it was with travel: one city gives you gifts, another robs you. One gives you the heart’s affections, the other destroys your soul. Cities and countries are as alive and feeling, as fickle and uncertain as people. Their degrees of love and devotion are as varying as with any human relation. Just as one is good, another is bad. ↗

— Roman Payne

#cities-and-countries #devotion #fickle #fortune #heart

What is important is not the specific manner in which God is worshiped but the degree to which the devotee is filled with love. (48-49) ↗

— Prem Prakash

#devotion #god #love #worship #love

G: Never fear. 10 yrs from now, when you're looking at this picture, I'm going to be looking at it with you. I love you, G. ↗

— Peter Golden

#love #love

The spiritual life is a gift. It is a gift of the Holy Spirit, who lifts us up into the kingdom of God's love. But to say that being lifted up into the kingdom of love is a divine gift does not mean that we wait passively until the gift is offered to us. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#life

You’re the one thing I want the most in the world yet the one thing I cannot have. Because to have you completely would be impossible. You can’t go where I walk. ↗

— Abbi Glines

#devotion #impossible #love #love

You are the reality. The sense of of worship, love, devotion and loyalty. You are the purpose of life and existence. That is why I am still alive. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#devotion #existence #love #loyalty #purpose

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. ↗

— Aristotle

#appearance #apprehensive #believing #consider #devotion

Where there is devotional music, God is always at hand with His gracious presence. ↗

— Johann Sebastian Bach

#devotional #god #gracious #hand #his