Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self, as our affections are subtle persuaders.
I need to give affection and love, because without that, I wither. I need to give that love to someone. Without that, I'm rudderless.
And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's a very kind of '50s English name.
To be a leader, you have got to lead human beings with affection
Our great thoughts, our great affections, the truths of our life, never leave us. Surely they can not separate from our consciousness, shall follow it whithersoever that shall go, and are of their nature divine and immortal.
Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.
My only sanction is the love and affection in which you hold me. But it has its weaknesses, as it has its strengths.
Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families. The Amor Patriae love of ones country is both a moral duty and a religious duty. It comprehends not only the love of our neighbors but of millions of our fellow creatures, not only of the present but of future generations. This virtue we find constitutes a part of the first characters of history.
This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come back in the springtime
Hope is the most beneficial of all the affections, and doth much to the prolongation of life.
I'm very fond of piano players.
To work without pleasure or affection, to make a product that is not both useful and beautiful, is to dishonor God, nature, the thing that is made, and whomever it is made for.
There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love.
A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.
We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.
But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.
I don't accept subtractive models of love, only additive ones. And I believe that in the same way we need species diversity to ensure that the planet can go on, so we need this diversity of affection and diversity of family in order to strengthen the ecosphere of kindness
My strong sense of discipline has always been with me, and it also gave me the need for deep affection. I have never been satisfied with acquaintances who are superficial, volatile, or quick to change. I have surrounded myself with people with whom I am in total complicity.
If you approached people with trust and affection you would have ten-fold trust and thousand-fold.