Devotion Quotes - Page 14

• Without devotion any life becomes a stranger's story...told for the body to forget what it once loved.

  Marie Howe

  Stories, Body, Forget

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• Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary

  Pope Pius X

  Miracle, Church, Rosary

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• The devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions.

  Pope Leo XIII

  Holy Eucharist, Church, Present Time

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• Faith is the subject of the head. Devotion is the subject of the heart and meditation connects both.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Heart, Meditation, Subjects

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (2014). “Celebrating Silence”, p.95, Arktos

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• The eyes see what the heart loves. If the heart loves God and is single in this devotion, then the eyes will see God whether others see Him or not

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Heart, Eye, God Love

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2015). “Heirs of the King: Living the Beatitudes”, p.136, Discovery House

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• Build traditions in your families that will bring you together, for they can demonstrate your devotion, love, and support for one another. These events would include blessings of children, baptisms, other priesthood ordinances, graduations, missionary farewells, homecomings, and, of course, marriages. Sharing these occasions as a family will help us build a foundation established upon a rock.

  L. Tom Perry

  Love, Children, Farewell

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• May Thy Love shine forever on the sanctuary of my devotion. And may I be able to awaken Thy love in all hearts.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Heart, Shining, Forever

  Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (2008). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.245, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.

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• Why shouldn't you strengthen your own vibrations through fellowship with people seeking Self-realization, and by group meditation with them? This practice will fortify your own spiritual convictions you will find that many seemingly insuperable barriers in your life will crumble and dissolve in the waters of meditation. Your devotion and love for God will commingle with the devotion and love of others. Divine bliss will radiate from you, helping all persons you meet.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Spiritual, Self, Practice

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• Either melt by devotion the sense of separateness, or burn it by knowledge-for what is it that melts or burns? Only that which by its nature can be melted or burnt; namely the idea that something other than your Self exists. What will happen then? You come to know your Self.

  Anandamayi Ma

  Self, Ideas, Happens

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• Single-minded devotion engenders deep thought, which expresses itself in action. The Lord's Light descends on the devotee, His power awakens in him and, as a result, profound inner inquiry blossoms forth.

  Anandamayi Ma

  Light, Profound, Deep Thought

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• Are We Going to die in our religion or are we going to die in our devotion?

  David Platt

  Dies

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• Men who refuse to worship the true God now worship themselves with tender devotion.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Men, Worship, Refuse

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• Come to the Word with a spirit of longing with devotion and humble expectation. Be determined to know God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Humble, Expectations, Spirit

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• Art is actually based on the notion that if you would really celebrate an idea or a principle, you must think, you must plan, you must put yourself completely in the state of devotion, and not simply give the first thing that comes to your head

  Maya Deren

  Art, Thinking, Ideas

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• My aspirations are to ennoble Photography and to secure for it the character and uses of High Art by combining the real and Ideal and sacrificing nothing of the Truth by all possible devotion to Poetry and beauty.

  Julia Margaret Cameron

  Photography, Art, Real

  Julia Margaret Cameron, J. Paul Getty Museum (1996). “Julia Margaret Cameron: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum”, p.6, Getty Publications

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• The truth is, the liberal policies of the elite class have done little to improve the lot of those who depend so much on them. In America's black communities, where the goodies have been flowing for decades, rather than seeing improvements in terms of upward mobility, we are seeing deteriorating family structure, increases in violent crimes, growing poverty, and growing dependence. Even with such a blatant record of failure, there is slavish devotion to the elite class who continue to promise more goodies in exchange for votes.

  Benjamin Carson

  Class, America, Community

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• The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.

  John Ortberg

  Devotion To God, Devotional

  John Ortberg (2009). “The Me I Want to Be”, p.51, Harper Collins

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• The nearest each of us can come to God is by loving the truth.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  R. Buckminster Fuller (1982). “Critical Path”, p.58, Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller

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• As with every aspect of our sanctification, the renewal of the mind may be painful and difficult. It requires hard work and discipline, inspired by a sacrificial love for Christ and a burning desire to build up His body, the Church. Developing a Christian worldview means submitting our entire self to God, in an act of devotion and service to Him.

  Nancy Pearcey

  Christian, Hard Work, Mean

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• The full ashtanga system practiced with devotion leads to freedom within one's heart.

  K. Pattabhi Jois

  Heart, Yoga Practice

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• Devotion is when your involvement with life is so absolute that you yourself do not matter anymore.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Love, Life, Meditation

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• If you want the Divine to become alive within you, first of all you as a human being have to become absolutely alive.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Alive, Divinity

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• A devotee has no agenda of his own. For him, the object of devotion is everything.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Agendas, Divinity

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• Devotion is about you. Maybe you use another object as inspiration, but you change your quality; you walk more joyfully, gently upon this planet.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Inspiration, Quality

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• Bhakti yoga is a way of transforming your emotion from negativity to utmost pleasantness.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Yoga, Negativity

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