Quotes by Attachment He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses. Alphonsus Liguori attachment wish jesus Let us read the lives of the saints; let us consider the penances which they performed, and blush to be so effeminate and so fearful of mortifying our flesh. Alphonsus Liguori saint attachment flesh If you wish to strengthen your confidence in God still more, often recall the loving way in which He has acted toward you, and how mercifully He has tried to bring you out of your sinful life, to break your attachment to the things of earth and draw you to His love. Alphonsus Liguori loving-life attachment wish Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God. Alphonsus Liguori attachment heart giving God loves all those who love him: I love them that love Me. Alphonsus Liguori attachment god-love How, then, shall God give himself entirely to that one who, besides his God, loves creatures still? Alphonsus Liguori attachment god-love giving It is just that he should act with reserve towards those who act with reserve towards him. On the contrary, he gives himself entirely to those souls, who, driving from their hearts everything that is not God, and does not lead them to his love, and giving themselves to him without reserve, truly say to him: My God and my all. Alphonsus Liguori attachment heart giving Some persons are so inclined to mortify themselves that at every opportunity they have, they do so. What a beautiful practice this is, and how profitable! Alphonsus Rodriguez attachment opportunity beautiful A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment. Ambrose Bierce enterprise attachment opportunity A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle. Ambrose Bierce turtles attachment long My encounter with another world and another culture and the beginnings of an attachment to them had set up an irritation, barely perceptible but incurable-rather like unrequited love, like a symptom of the hopelessness of trying to grasp what is boundless, or unite what cannot be joined; a reminder of how finite, how curtailed, our experience on earth must be Andrei Tarkovsky irritation unrequited-love attachment The excitement that you were feeling about a special, unique path for yourself as a woman is all part of your identification with and attachment to being female. And that's ultimately all ego. Andrew Cohen ego attachment unique Another related source of demonization is the homosexual relationship itself. [...] That attachment and communion are indeed inspired, but their source is demonic. Andrew Comiskey inspired gay attachment One of the challenges of innovation is figuring out how to wipe your mind clean about what you should be doing at any given moment, and not having a religious attachment to what's gotten you there thus far. Andrew Mason attachment religious challenges Kids with Down syndrome are, by and large, quite affectionate and relatively guileless, and frequently, the attachments to them grow and deepen. And the meaning that parents find in it grows and deepens. Andrew Solomon attachment parent kids In many ways, my attachment to human freedom was completely compatible with my right to live freely as a homosexual. Andrew Sullivan live-free attachment way When you have children, you realize that at the end it's all about passing on, about handing down. The process of letting go, not attachment, but appreciating the beauty and value in the change, the transformation. Andy Serkis attachment letting-go children Nationalism is fraught with dangers, of course, but so is the blind refusal to recognize that attachment to one's own culture, traditions, and history is a creative, normal, and healthy part of human experience. Anthony Daniels healthy attachment creative If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of that thing is attachment. What is an attachment? An emotional state of clinging caused by the belief that without some particular thing or some person you cannot be happy. Anthony de Mello emotional attachment names "I have no fear of losing u, for you aren't an object of my property, or anyone else's. I love you as you are, without attachment, without fears, without conditions, without egoism, trying not to absorb you. I love you freely because I love your freedom, as well as mine. Anthony de Mello attachment love-you trying «1234567891011»
