#devotion

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

Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones. ↗

— Jeffrey McDaniel

#fidelity #love #obsession #love

The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition. ↗

— Robert Frost

#love #poetry #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

... your grasp, even in fury, would have a charm for me... ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#fury #love #madness #love

The moment we decide to throw more energy into fighting for our mate than with him, the crack of a fist on the enemy's jaw splits the ears of angels. ↗

— Beth Moore

#love #marriage #love

The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#behavior #character #devotion #god #godly

I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#illness

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature. ↗

— Zhuangzi

#ceremonies #charity #devotion #lost #man