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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.

Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire.

BLASPHEMOUS REVERENCE. Acting on the knowledge that the most efficacious form or devotion to the Divine Wow is tinctured with playful or mischievous behavior that prevents the buildup of fanaticism.

Devotion (Bhakti) includes Sentimental Devotion (Bhav Bhakti) and Devotion through action (Kruti Bhakti).

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

Devotion is like the candle which Michael Angelo used to take in his pasteboard cap, so as not to throw his shadow upon the work in which he was engaged.

Devotion means a profusion of life.

Devotion to duty is the highest form of worship of God.

Devotion to Truth is the sole justification for our existence.

Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion.

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

Despair the twin-born of devotion.

Destruction is a true sign of devotion. As I always tell my girlfriend when she threatens to kill me. 'You should kill me and it would tell me that you love me.

Devotion differs. Devotion exists for the total existence, without the counterpart, mm? There is nothing against devotion. There is hate against love; there is nothing against devotion. No-devotion is not against devotion, it is just absence. So when someone says, "I am devoted to Rama," really he is using a wrong word. If he loves Rama, then he cannot love Krishna. If someone says, "I am devoted to Krishna," then he cannot love Christ. He is using a wrong word. He is continuing the love phenomenon; it is not devotion.

Devotion is a place where you do not exist; life just flows through you as a certain sweetness and beauty.

Devotion is love overflowing. Even when there is nobody, it is overflowing - to things, to tables, to chairs, to walls. It is just overflowing, it is not a question of to whom.

Devotion, like fire, goeth upward.

Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.

Earnestness is the devotion of all the faculties.

[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.

Doubt the man who swears to his devotion.

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.

For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.

Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.

Either melt by devotion the sense of separateness, or burn it by knowledge-for what is it that melts or burns? Only that which by its nature can be melted or burnt; namely the idea that something other than your Self exists. What will happen then? You come to know your Self.

Filipinos everywhere are known for their love of God, their fervent piety and their warm devotion to Our Lady and her rosary

Fine music without devotion is but a splendid garment upon a corpse.

For it may safely be said, not that the habit of ready and correct observation will by itself make us useful nurses, but that without it we shall be useless with all our devotion.

For success in life you need yukti (skill) and shakti (strength), Bhakti (Devotion ) and Mukti (Freedom).

God offers authentic LOVE. His devotion is the real deal. But He won't give you the genuine until you surrender the imitations.

God first seeks devotion to Him in the hidden place–worship when no one else is watching.

I have moved from certainty to doubt, from devotion to rebellion.

He who wishes for goods will never have devotion.

I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with God.

If you are weary of some sleepy form of devotion, probably God is as weary of it as you are.

I don't consider devotion to the past a form of snobbery. Just one of the more disastrous forms of unrequited love.

Ignorance is the Mother not of Devotion, but of Heresy.

I have a lifelong devotion to public service.

In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion.

I knew nothing but love and devotion when I was growing up. Trust me, it makes everything easier.

I like it when science and devotion find places of intersection.

In the life of the Indian there is only one inevitable duty-the duty of prayer-the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal. Our daily devotions were more necessary to us than daily food.

I think the worst thing we can do is to concede to fanaticism its devotion, say. Well, you have to understand, these people are really fanatics, so we should back down from them. I think if journalists start doing that then they won't be practicing journalism. If satirists start doing that then they won't be practicing satire.

I should never deem a man of ordinary caliber worthy of my devotion.

It has happened, women have helped their husbands, sacrificed their whole lives, never thought about themselves. Their surrender, their devotion to their lovers has been total. In this totality, they have achieved before their lover has.

In the uttermost meaning of the words, thought is devout, and devotion is thought. Deep calls unto deep.

It appeared to me that the dignity of which human existence is capable is not attainable by devotion to the mechanism of life , and that unless contemplation of eternal things is preserved, mankind will become no better than well-fed pigs.

It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.

Knowledge without devotion will be like a misfire.

Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty.