Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
—Jane Austen (1775–1817) English Novelist
Of all earthly music that which reaches farthest into heaven is the beating of a truly loving heart.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
The affections are the children of ignorance; when the horizon of our experience expands, and models multiply, love and admiration imperceptibly vanish.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its affections to a few esteemed characters.
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) American Head of State, Lawyer
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties even.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
No affections and a great brain,—these are the men to command the world.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.
—Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) British Poet, Essayist, Journalist
The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection [Are] that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.
—Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar
One must not be mean with the affections; what is spent of the fund is renewed in the spending itself.
—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian Psychiatrist, Psychoanalytic
One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness too is an idol of the market-place. One should direct them towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.
—Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) Russian Dissident Novelist
Affection, mistress of passion, sways it to the mood of what it likes or loathes.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
I love to hold people’s hands when I visit hospitals, even though they are shocked because they haven’t experienced anything like it before, but to me it is a normal thing to do.
—Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97) English Royal, Humanitarian, Peace Activist
Affection is the broadest basis of good in life.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
Yes, I do touch. I believe that everyone needs that
—Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97) English Royal, Humanitarian, Peace Activist
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
—Andre Maurois (1885–1967) French Novelist, Biographer
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
—Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to point us to that realm which is the real and endless home of the heart.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
—Audrey Hepburn (1929–93) Belgian-British Actress
If there is any thing that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of evil, it is a pure human love.
—Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–67) American Poet, Playwright, Essayist
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.
—Alfred A. Montapert (1906–97) American Engineer, Philosopher
There is in life no blessing like affection; it soothes, it hallows, elevates, subdues, and bringeth down to earth its native heaven: life has nought else that may supply its place.
—Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–38) English Poet, Novelist
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.
—Buddhist Teaching
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
—Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) American-British Essayist, Bibliophile
Were’t not affection chains thy tender days
To the sweet glances of thy honored love,
I rather would entreat thy company
To see the wonders of the world abroad
Than, living dully sluggardized at home,
Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring happiness of peace of mind to oneself and automatically create a positive atmosphere.
—The 14th Dalai Lama (b.1935) Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader, Civil Rights Leader, Philosopher, Author
Affection is a coal that must be cooled; Else, suffered, it will set the heart on fire.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Our affections are our life.—We live by them; they supply our warmth.
—William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) American Unitarian Theologian, Poet
There is so little to redeem the dry mass of follies and errors that make up so much of life, that anything to love or reverence becomes, as it were, a sabbath to the soul.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) British Novelist, Poet, Politician
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