#devout

Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one. ↗

— Anatole France

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O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all holy Rites, which relate to Thy worship. ↗

— Thomas Ken

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No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods have been as devoutly worshipped; no other man has been so devoutly loved. ↗

— John Knox

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The devout have laid out gardens in the desert. ↗

— Robert Duncan

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A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. ↗