Devotion quotes
144 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Patriotism has nothing to do with Conservatism. It is actually the opposite of Conservatism, since it is a devotion to something that is always changing and yet is felt to be mystically the same."
"Do not always scrupulously confine yourself to certain rules, or particular forms of devotion, but act with a general confidence in GOD, with love and humility."
"[Do not] overburden yourself with rules of devotion, but persist in doing well those you have, your daily actions, your work; in a word, let everything revolve around doing well what you are doing."
"One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life."
"The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective."
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"Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust."
"Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures."
"We have great work ahead of us, and it needs devotion and much, much energy. To grow, to discover, we need involvement."
"Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion."
"Unless devotion is given to the thing which must prove false in the end, the thing that is true in the end cannot enter."
"From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us."
"Devotion to duty is the highest form of worship of God."
"Knowledge without devotion will be like a misfire."
"You, too, can be carved anew by the details of your devotion."
"At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it."
"With every breath, I plant the seeds of devotion, I am a farmer of the heart."
"Attention is the beginning of devotion."
"Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service."
"Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion."
"Devotion is diligence without assurance"
"Through knowledge and devotion, transcend all karma and be free."
"I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent."
"Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion."
"Renunciation is the central sun, round which devotion, knowledge and the rest revolve like planets."
"Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness."
