Devotion quotes
But love, I've come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.
Do everything like it is the last thing you do. There is nothing to hold back, nothing to save for later
Whatever embodiment (a God-incarnate, a saint, or a deity) a devotee strives faithfully to worship, it is I who make his devotion unflinching
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
Devotion means that your way of being is not any more determined by who is standing in front of you. Devotion means just that somebody is there, nobody is there, whoever is there, whatever the situation you are still the same person.
If you constantly bow down to everything, genuinely, not as an exercise, not because somebody has told you, genuinely if you bow down to everything that you see, within yourself and outside of yourself then you will see there will be no such thing as 'you' left. When you are devoid of you, you are always the same.
Devotion cannot be practiced. It cannot be cultivated or cultured. When you are overwhelmed by something or somebody that you see something or somebody way above yourself, far beyond yourself, naturally devotion comes.
Devotees are fools who are not even thinking about their well-being. But they don't have to think about it because they found their well-being. Only those who have not found it have to constantly think about well-being. A devotee is well, if he has to die tomorrow, he is still well. That's how he is. He has found his well-being, he doesn't need to think
A devotee is an extremist who is not against anything. We need such people. Right now, we create extremists who are always against somebody
Devotion means an enduring sweetness of your heart; a kind of sweetness, that does not depend on any outside help.
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You waste precious time each day. Every little moment you spent with God will be spent to your best advantage
In seeking God, remember, there is one thing He lacks, one thing He is seeking from you: your love and devotion freely given to him from your heart
He who is a true lover of God stands by Him equally during sunny days of joy and dark days of trials.
Prayer with devotion is a wonderful means of opening oneself to the freely flowing blessings of God, a necessary link of man's life to the Infinite Source of all benefaction.
Real devotion is internal. Day and night devotee thinks of nothing but God, and secretly tells him how dearly he loves Him.
When the body and mind begin to get restless after sitting in the stillness as long as you can, that is the time to practice devotion. Talk to God from the heart.
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Devotion means a heightened state of receptivity because you are no more full of yourself. There is an emptiness in you, so something can touch you, something can enter you, something can reside in you.
If you do things with willpower, you may get to do things, but at the end of the day you will have a long face. Instead of trying to do this with willpower, you do it with devotion, you do it with love. Not because you have to do, but because you really want to do
It doesn't take any great intellect or qualifications to create something wonderful, just absolute devotion towards what you wish to do.
My whole life is devoted to every human being, every creature on the planet. Devotion is just a deeper love affair.
Only when you're worthless you can surrender. If you have self-worth, self-esteem, confidence, how to surrender?
Without commitment & devotion to what we are doing, individual human beings will not rise beyond their mediocrity
Only when tempered with devotion, love and involvement, is intellect a good thing. By itself, it is quite a nuisance
It takes a deep sense of commitment and compassion to nurse the sick. To make others' physical & mental wellbeing your priority is a different kind of Devotion.
The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition.
Devotion means everything else has to dissolve. Devotion and the corporate world will not go. Devotion and family life will not go. Devotion and anything will not go.
Shiva doesn't need your devotion. It doesn't make any difference to Him. It is just that, if you carry devotion in your heart you are devoid of yourself.
Devotion means you must become devoid of yourself. If that is not possible, at least you should reduce this heap. If you reduce this heap of garbage suddenly you see life explodes in ways that you have not imagined possible
If you fall in love itself you become very vulnerable but there are still some shreds of sanity in love affairs that you can recover. But if you become a devotee there is no sanity left and you cannot recover
Devotion is a place where you do not exist; life just flows through you as a certain sweetness and beauty.
Only when you are absolutely devoted to what you do, can you produce something significant in the world
If you rev up your emotion without a stable intellect you will go crazy. A devotee needs a stable intellect & fiery emotion
Devotion is the power of inclusion, intellect is the power of dissection. Devotion is inclusion, intellect is exclusion
Devotion is the spark that can fire up your chemistry and energy to such a level that it creates an explosion of ecstasy within you
Devotion is not drama. Devotion is a way of living. Devotion is the way you walk, the way you breathe, and the way your heart beats
Devotion is not a deal. If you become free from this calculation: "What will I get?", then you are a devotee. You will live a blessed life. Grace will come in a cascade, not in drops.
Devotion is the secret key, for God cannot resist the outpourings of great love from a true devotee's heart.