O holy trust! O endless sense of rest! Like the beloved John To lay his head upon the Saviour's breast, And thus to journey on!
Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved.
Every one of us is more beloved than we can possibly understand or imagine. Let us therefore be kinder to one another and kinder to ourselves.
Now what?” Urgit warily asked his bride-to-be. “Am I disturbing your Majesty?” Prala asked. “…You always disturb me, my beloved,” he answered her question, spreading his arms extravagantly.
Because the Beloved wants to know, unseen things become manifest. Hiding is the hidden purpose of creation.
I have been wandering to find him and my happiness is so great that it even weakens me like a wound. And this is the marvel of marvels, that he called me Beloved, me who am but as a dog.
Love, in its own nature, demands the perfecting of the beloved.
Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal. Love is more sensitive than hatred itself to every blemish in the beloved… Of all powers he forgives most, but he condones least: he is pleased with little, but demands all.
The people at the very top could fall by and grace you with their presence and give you a little largesse, and you'd be "Oh, I'm so beloved. " In a way, it was kind of like flattery. The middle managers didn't quite have that cachet, but at the same time, they had to seem like they were of that caliber. So there's a little bit of loneliness at the heart of those with a little bit of power.
Man's highest joy is in victory: to conquer one's enemies; to pursue them; to deprive them of their possessions; to make their beloved weep; to ride on their horses; and to embrace their wives and daughters.
Beloved," said the Glorious One, "unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they truly seek.
He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne.
Not knowing it was hard; knowing it was harder
There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.
More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
Such a senseless and tragic day. My family and I send our love to our beloved and resilient Boston.
The last step in parental love involves the release of the beloved; the willing cutting of the cord that would otherwise keep the child in a state of emotional dependence.
We all belong to the nasty stinking little human race, & of course it is not nice for God's beloved vermin to scoff at each other. . . Oh, we are a nasty little lot-& to think there are people who would like to save us & continue us. It won't happen if I have any influence.
Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart
He touched her as he usually touched his beloved violin, with a soft and urgent grace that left her breathless.