“My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine.” – Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Chapter 24. The monster to Robert Walton, at the deathbed of Victor on the ship.
Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. – John Lewis Essay written shortly before civil rights leader’s death and read at his funeral.
In Heart You must have a place to which you can go in your heart, your mind, or your house, almost every day, where you do not owe anyone and where no one owes you – a place that simply allows for the blossoming of something new and promising. – Joseph Campbell
We will defeat this coronavirus and defeat it together. We will win because our NHS is the beating heart of this country. It is the best of this country. It is unconquerable. It is powered by love. – Boris Johnson After release from hospital, where he was treated for coronavirus.
In Contented One of the greatest treasures in the world is a contented heart. – John O’Donohue Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (Divine Beauty in Europe).
The heart is the inner face of your life. The human journey strives to make this inner face beautiful. It is here that love gathers within you. Love is absolutely vital for a human life. For love alone can awaken what is divine within you. In love, you grow and come home to your self. When you learn to love and let yourself be loved, you come home to the hearth of your own spirit. You are warm and sheltered. – John O’Donohue Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom.
The heart is not a logical organ. – Dr. Janet Wallace Star Trek: The Original Series, ‘The Deadly Years’.
In Heart A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart. – Zeus Disney movie, Hercules, voiced by Rip Torn.
In Heart Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. – The Bible Jesus Christ, Mark 12:30
A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I’m not a politician, I’m not an ideologue, I’m not an organizer anymore. I’m a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can’t force that feeling. – Hari Kondabolu
Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that. – Gay Talese
Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold. – George Villiers
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart. – Helen Rowland
False face must hide what the false heart doth know. – William Shakespeare Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 7. Macbeth to his wife.
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at: I am not what I am. – William Shakespeare Othello, Act 1, Scene 1. Iago reveals his deceitful nature to Roderigo.
It takes a childlike heart to feel the promptings of the Spirit, to surrender to those commands, and to obey. That is what it takes to be nourished by the good word of God. – Henry B. Eyring
I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I’ve written about murder, kidnapping, depravity, horror, violence, and disfigurement. – Harlan Coben