Quotes about Obsession
If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory-because I fear forgetfulness as much as hatred and death.
— Elie Wiesel
If we are obsessed by God, nothing else can get into our lives—not concerns, nor tribulation, nor worries. And now we understand why our Lord so emphasized the sin of worrying. How can we dare to be so absolutely unbelieving when God totally surrounds us? To be obsessed by God is to have an effective barricade against all the assaults of the enemy.
— Oswald Chambers
A desire for a good thing becomes a bad thing when that desire becomes a ruling thing.
— Paul David Tripp
You are more to me than any of them has any idea; you are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life; you are the incarnation of all lovely things...I think of you day and night. ~ Letter to Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
— Oscar Wilde
And now we understand why our Lord so emphasized the sin of worrying. How can we dare to be so absolutely unbelieving when God totally surrounds us? To be obsessed by God is to have an effective barricade against all the assaults of the enemy.
— Oswald Chambers
Curse us and crush us, my precious is lost!
— JRR Tolkien
Whatever we make the most of is our God.
— Martin Luther
Whatever you love more than God is your idol.
— DL Moody
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.
— St. John Chrysostom
And I pray one prayer—I repeat it till my tongue stiffens—Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living; you said I killed you—haunt me, then!
— Emily Bronte
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame or money, but even practices it without any hope of doing it well.
— Os Guinness