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She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other read more
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than the ladies described in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with shafts from their quiver or their eyes.
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual read more
It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her. [Ephesians 5:25].
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her. [Ephesians 5:25].
There can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.
There can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose read more
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer.
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.
Of all the tyrants the world affords,
Our own affections are the fiercest lords.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. Its eternal goal is life.
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.".
Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.".