#devotion

A sense of the divine presence and indwelling bears the soul towards heaven as upon the wings of eagles. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#devotional-classics #hard-times #inspirational-quotes #inspirational

The devout life does not solely entail living as a monk or ascetic, though that is fine. The devout life requires bringing God into all things. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#devotion #jesus #life

We are crucified to the world, and the world must be as crucified to us. It esteems us as fools, let us esteem it as mad. ↗

— Saint Francis De Sales De Sales

#devotional #life

He will not take her.” Sabelle turned toward the booming declaration. Ice. His protective gaze was as tangible as a caress. She swallowed. “Of course not,” Duke assured. “Sabelle is too important to our cause.” Ice stormed around the table until he hovered beside her, mere inches away, his body heat pouring over her. “If there is a breath left in my body, he will not take her. ↗

— Shayla Black

#love

I would die for you if you want, but if you really want me to die I won’t. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#love #love

The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#ambition #brave #caring #devotion #victory

I'm a very hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#angry #atheist #concept #devotion #fascinated

No, my dog used to gaze at me, paying me the attention I need, the attention required to make a vain person like me understand that, being a dog, he was wasting time, but, with those eyes so much purer than mine, he’d keep on gazing at me with a look that reserved for me alone all his sweet and shaggy life, always near me, never troubling me, and asking nothing. ↗

— Pablo Neruda

#devotion #dog #love #death

I steal into their dreams," he said. "I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their souls, I steal into their hearts, I scrutinize their most fundamental beliefs, I scan their irrational impulses, their unspeakable emotions, I sleep in their lungs during the summer and their muscles during the winter, and all of this I do without the least effort, without intending to, without asking or seeking it out, without constraints, driven only by love and devotion. ↗

— Roberto Bolaño

#intensity #love #dreams

I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#devotion #doubt #i #moved #rebellion