A Quote by Theophrastus
Love is the affection of a mind that has nothing better to engage it.
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Life and death are nothing but the mind. Years, months, days, and hours are nothing but the mind. Dreams, illusions, and mirages are nothing but the mind. The bubbles of water and the flames of fire are nothing but the mind. The flowers of the spring and the moon of the autumn are nothing but the mind. Confusions and dangers are nothing but the mind.
?"To Parlin's mind, nothing showed affection like a hunk of something dead and bleeding on the table.
It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it.
Nothing but love can answer to love; no affection, no kindness, no care, can supply its place: it is its own sweet want.
Love is exaggerated affection; affection is unexaggerated love! Always be sober in everything!
. . . . [P]ersons who love very much, easily take offense at trifles. No doubt your excessive affection for me makes you a little diffident about mine. But there is no harm done; I hope you will soon be over this slight jealousy and be convinced that nothing can change the genuine affection Our Lord has given me for you
Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing more courageous, nothing higher, nothing wider, nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller nor better in heaven and earth; because love is born of God, and cannot rest but in God, above all created things.
There is nothing mind can do that cannot be better done in the mind's immobility and thought-free stillness. When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.
A man might engage in flirtation with distinterest, even disdain. But he never teases without affection.
A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.
It is not possible to 'spoil' a child with love and affection...a child needs all the love and affection it can possibly get.
Affection is one of the most neglected words in the English language, that people throw the word love around like confetti when they mean affection.
Natural affection is a prejudice; for though we have cause to love our nearest connections better than others, we have no reason to think them better than others.
Marriage is like a three-speed gearbox - affection, friendship, love. It is not advisable to crash your gears and go right through to love straightaway. You need to ease your way through. The basis of love is respect, and that needs to be learned from affection and friendship.
It is hard for the human soul not to love something, and our mind must of necessity be drawn to some kind of affection.
The kindness and affection from the public have carried me through some of the most difficult periods, and always your love and affection have eased the journey.
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