"The point is to strip down, get protestant, then even more naked. Walk over scorched bricks to find your own soul. Your heart a searching dog in the rubble."
Read quote
48 likes
Heart quotes
Heart
24K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Heart
Browse quotes that often appear alongside heart — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Heart quotes (page 34 of 1198)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"To have a free, peaceful and prosperous world we must be ever stronger particularly in the spiritual things....It is American belief in decency and justice and progress and the value of individual liberty because of the rights conferred on each of us by our Creator that willcarry us through.... There must be something in the heart as well as the head."
Read quote
48 likes
"When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world."
Read quote
48 likes
"Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed."
Read quote
48 likes
"The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent."
Read quote
48 likes
"Sometimes when I'm alone I Cry, Cause I am on my own. The tears I cry are bitter and warm. They flow with life but take no form I Cry because my heart is torn. I find it difficult to carry on. If I had an ear to confide in, I would cry among my treasured friend, but who do you know that stops that long, to help another carry on. The world moves fast and it would rather pass by. Then to stop and see what makes one cry, so painful and sad. And sometimes... I Cry and no one cares about why."
Read quote
48 likes
"Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart."
Read quote
48 likes
"A perfect mind comes from a perfect heart, not the heart known by a doctor's stethoscope but the heart which is the seat of God."
Read quote
48 likes
"Memory is not what the heart desires."
Read quote
48 likes
"When you are born, your work is placed in your heart."
Read quote
48 likes
"The only thing that makes one place more attractive to me than another is the quantity of heart I find in it."
Read quote
48 likes
"Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes."
Read quote
48 likes
"Someone once told me a story about long term relationships. To think of them as a continent to explore. I could spend a lifetime backpacking through Africa, and I would still never know all there is to know about that continent. To stay the course, to stay intentional, to stay curious and connected - that's the heart of it. But it's so easy to lose track of the trail, to get tired, to want to give up, or to want a new adventure. It can be so easy to lose sight of the goodness and mystery within the person sitting right in front of you."
Read quote
48 likes
"Faith is the yes of the heart."
Read quote
48 likes
"That is the simple secret. Always take your heart to work."
Read quote
48 likes
"In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman's heart until she bows down to it no longer."
Read quote
48 likes
""Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Blessed are those who have preserved internal sanctity of soul; who are conscious of no secret deceit; who are the same in act as they are in desire; who conceal no thought, no tendencies of thought, from their own conscience; who are faithful and sincere witnesses, before the tribunal of their own judgments, of all that passes within their mind. Such as these shall see God."
Read quote
47 likes
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; if he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses much more; he who loses faith, loses all."
Read quote
47 likes
"Follow your passions, follow your heart, and the things you need will come."
Read quote
47 likes
"It will take all your heart, it will take all your breath It will be short, it will not be simple"
Read quote
47 likes