Quotes about Affection

I have received my all from God; oh that I could return my all to God! Surely God is worthy of my highest affection, and most devout adoration; he is infinitely worthy, that I should make him my last end, and live for ever to him.

As there is no true religion where there is nothing else but affection, so there is no true religion where there is no religious affection.

We need to set our affections on one good man and keep him constantly before our eyes, so that we may live as if he were watching us and do everything as if he saw what we were doing.

I trust and believe that it is a circumstance which can hardly occur. But if it ever should, and even if I should experience as much pain in such an event, as I have found hitherto encouragement and pleasure in the reverse, believe me it is impossible that it should shake the sentiments of affection and friendship which I bear towards you, and which I must be forgetful and insensible indeed if I ever could part with.

Surely this sabbath, of all others, calls forth these feelings in a supreme degree; a frame of united love and triumph well becomes it, and holy confidence and unrestrained affection.

The real romantics are the boring ones - they let another heart bore a hole deep into theirs.

We can love with our minds, but can we love only with our minds? Love extends itself all the time, so that we can love even with our senseless nails: we love even with our clothes, so that a sleeve can feel a sleeve.

My passion for Sarah had killed simple lust forever. Never again would I be able to enjoy a woman without love.

I had never known her before and I had never loved her so much. The more we know the more we love, I thought.

But we do not love people for what they do for us. Love happens to us; it isn't created.

I love you. I am your father and I love you. Try to understand that.

She loved him whatever that meant but love was not an eternal