Devotion quotations

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◆ It is often argued that religion is valuable because it makes men good, but even if this were true it would not be a proof that religion is true. That would be an extension of pragmatism beyond endurance. Santa Claus makes children good in precisely the same way, and yet no one would argue seriously that the fact proves his existence. The defense of religion is full of such logical imbecilities. The theologians, taking one with another, are adept logicians, but every now and then they have to resort to sophistries so obvious that their whole case takes on an air of the ridiculous. Even the most logical religion starts out with patently false assumptions. It is often argued in support of this or that one that men are so devoted to it that they are willing to die for it. That, of course, is as silly as the Santa Claus proof. Other men are just as devoted to manifestly false religions, and just as willing to die for them. Every theologian spends a large part of his time and energy trying to prove that religions for which multitudes of honest men have fought and died are false, wicked, and against God.

- H.L. Mencken99

◆ The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt99

◆ I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

- Jane Austen99

◆ That's my sweetheart in there. Wherever she is, that's where my home is.

- Nicholas Sparks99

◆ But what can be done, the one who loves must share the fate of the one he loves.

- Mikhail Bulgakov99

◆ We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

- Brother Lawrence99

◆ For God's sake, let's take the word 'possess' and put a brick round its neck and drown it ... We can't possess one another. We can only give and hazard all we have.

- Dorothy L. Sayers99

◆ Maybe that's what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go.

- Courtney Milan99

◆ I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.

- Dorothy Dunnett99

◆ She was his north star, the fixed point round which his world turned. For as long as his heart beat, or hers, he believed they would always share a destiny.

- David Gemmell99

◆ I belong to you. You could do anything you wanted with me and I would let you. You could ask anything of me and I'd break myself trying to make you happy.

- Cassandra Clare99

◆ There were six dolls to be taken up and dressed every morning, for Beth was a child still, and loved her pets as well as ever. Not one whole or handsome one among them; all were outcasts till Beth took them in; for, when her sisters outgrew these idols, they passed to her.... Beth cherished them all the more tenderly for that very reason, and set up a hospital for infirm dolls. No pins were ever stuck into their cotton vitals; no harsh words or blows were ever given them; no neglect ever saddened the heart of the most repulsive: but all were fed and clothed, nursed and caressed, with an affection which never failed.

- Louisa May Alcott99

◆ Blow O wind to where my loved one is. Touch him and come touch me soon. I'll feel his gentle touch through you and meet his beauty in the moon. These things are much for the one who loves. One can live by them alone: that he and I breathe the same air and that the Earth we tread is one.

- Ramayana99

◆ I am absolutely, definitely, positively, unquestionably, no strings attached, beyond any doubt, unconditionally, in love with you.

- 99

◆ It's not the time we are away, not the miles we are apart. It's strong love we have, and you're always in my heart.

- Amber Holley99