Quotes about Devotion

To love and work for the glory of God cannot remain an idea about which we think once in a while. It must become an interior, unceasing doxology.

"Praying at all times" has come to mean "dwelling in the house of God all the days of our lives."

It seems that in fact we live as if we should give as much of our heart, soul, and mind as possible to our fellow human beings, while trying hard not to forget about God…But Jesus' claim is much more radical. He asks for single-minded commitment to God and God alone. God wants all of our heart, all of our mind, and all of our soul.

God not only loves the obedient - He enlightens them.

Whether or not you choose to keep your covenant to always remember Him, He always remembers you.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

The only remedy for love is to love more.

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?

There is no remedy for love but to love more. - Henry David Thoreau

Not that food which entereth into the moth defileth a man, but the appetite with which it is eaten. It is neither the quality nor the quantity, but the devotion to sensual savors; when that which is eaten is not a viand to sustain our animal, or inspire our spiritual life, but food for the worms that possess us.

A puritan may go to his brown-bread crust with as gross an appetite as ever an alderman to his turtle. Not that food which entereth into the mouth defileth a man, but the appetite with which it is eaten. It is neither the quality nor the quantity, but the devotion to sensual savors;

You must get your living by loving, or at least half your life is a failure.