“Humans are not machines-we are something more. We have feeling and experience. Material comforts are not sufficient to satisfy us. We need something deeper-human affection.” NeedsHumansFeelingsMaterialsComfortMachinesAffectionDeeperSufficient Author:Dalai Lama
“Naturally we all have an inclination to command, and a great aversion to obey; and yet it is certain that it is more for our good to obey than to command; hence perfect souls have always had a great affection for obedience, and have found all their joy and comfort in it.” SoulJoyCertainFoundPerfectComfortAffectionCommandObedienceInclinationAversion Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail.” PeopleWellsMadeBeliefTermHealingEmotionalAmountComfortDrinkingAffectionAlcoholContactHugCocktailsDrinking AlcoholGreat DrinkingAlcohol DrinkingGreat AlcoholAlcohol And LifeCocktail DrinksDrinks And Love Book:Naked Source: Naked
“In prison, I fell in love with my country. I had loved her before then, but like most young people, my affection was little more than a simple appreciation for the comforts and privileges most Americans enjoyed and took for granted. It wasn't until I had lost America for a time that I realized how much I loved her.” PeopleLittlesCountryAmericaYoungLostSimpleComfortPrisonPrivilegeAffectionAppreciationI RealizedGrantedEnjoyedTook For Granted Author:John McCain
“God is pursuing with omnipotent passion a worldwide purpose of gathering joyful worshipers for Himself from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. He has an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the supremacy of His name among the nations. Therefore, let us bring our affections into line with His, and, for the sake of His name, let us renounce the quest for worldly comforts and join His global purpose.” PeoplePurposePassionNamesNationsLinesComfortSakeAffectionMissionsTongueChristian InspirationalEnthusiasmMissionaryQuestsJoyfulMinistryTribesWorldlyGatheringEvangelismRenounceSupremacyOmnipotentGreat MissionaryInspirational Missionary Book:Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions Source: Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions
“A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish because it turns for comfort to its mother; nor an adult who turns to his fellow "for company." Those, whether children or adults, who do so least are not usually the most selfless.” ChildrenMotherTurnsCompanyComfortDemandOrdinaryAdultsFellowsAffectionSelfishHorribleSelflessOrdinary LifeHorrible Things Book:The Four Loves Source: The Four Loves
“This commonplace cycle of falling asleep and waking, in darkness, under private cover, with another creature, a pale soft tender mammal, putting faces together in a ritual of affection, briefly settled in the eternal necessities of warmth, comfort, safety, crossing limbs to draw nearer - a simple daily consolation, almost too obvious, easy to forget by daylight.” TogetherFacesFallEasySimpleForgetDarknessComfortCreaturesEternalDrawsSafetyAffectionObviousCyclesRitualWarmthWakingPaleConsolationLimbsCommonplaceCrossingsDaylightMammalsFalling Asleep Author:Ian Mcewan
“Men, she thought, were one of the world's few sure comforts, like a fire on a cold October night, like cocoa, like broken-in-slippers. Their clumsy affections, their bristly faces, and their willingness to do what needed to be done - cook an omelette, change lightbulbs, make with hugging - sometimes almost made being a woman fun.” MenWorldMadeSometimesDoneFacesNightFunFireBrokenColdNeededComfortAffectionCooksWillingnessHugOctoberBeing A WomanClumsySlippersCocoa Author:Joe Hill