Affections Quotes
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The word is a sign or symbol of the impressions or affections of the soul.
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Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country.
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Pleasure and distress, fear and courage, desire and aversion, where have these affections and experiences their seat?Clearly, either in the Soul alone, or in the Soul as employing the body, or in some third entity deriving from both. And for this third entity, again, there are two possible modes: it might be either a blend or a distinct form due to the blending.
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It is with just that hope that we welcome everything that tends to strengthen the fibre and develop the nature on more sides. When the intellect and affections are in harmony; when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep; inspiration will not be confounded with fancy.
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What you need to do, is to put your will over completely into the hands of your Lord, surrendering to Him the entire control of it. Say, "Yes, Lord, YES!" to everything, and trust Him to work in you to will, as to bring your whole wishes and affections into conformity with His own sweet, and lovable, and most lovely will. It is wonderful what miracles God works in wills that are utterly surrendered to Him. He turns hard things into easy, and bitter things into sweet. It is not that He puts easy things in the place of the hard, but He actually changes the hard thing into an easy one.
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The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
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Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.
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Love and envy make a man pine, which other affections do not, because they are not so continual.
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Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.
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None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.
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One must not be mean with the affections; what is spent of the fund is renewed in the spending itself.
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I never change, except in my affections.
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Those Women who boast the Affections of their Admirers, have a greater share of Vanity than Love.
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One must not be mean with affections; what is spent of the funds is renewed in the spending itself. Left untouched for too long, they diminish imperceptibly or the lock gets rusty; they are there all right but one cannot make use of them.
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Hope is the most beneficial of all the affections, and doth much to the prolongation of life.
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I recall the months and years I spent as the intimate of someone whose affections have now faded like cherry blossoms scattering even before a wind blew.
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Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.
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A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.
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Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn't know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.
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You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.
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The object of music is a Sound. The end; to delight, and move various Affections in us.
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A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection.
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The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections.
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You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.
