Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.

Love is an emotional feeling on a human level and a faith experience on a supernatural level.

God is love, love is bhakti and bhakti our connection to God.

If I call not thee in my prayers, if I keep not thee in my heart, thy love for me still waits for my love.

I love you. You are closest to my heart, closer than any other human being. You are my extension. You are my prayer. You are my belief in God. For better or worse you inherit me.

Please, God, send me something to adore.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.

Dad was joyful until the day he died, and I think that joy was deeply rooted in his love affair with God.

Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits.

God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

My service to humanity is my real opportunity to prove my genuine love for God and God alone.

Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.

God to me is love.

I experience God as the power of love.

Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.

God, I love John Cassavetes.

God is very important to me. I love her.