William Mountford: Quotes about love

William Mountford was English Unitarian preacher and author. Explore interesting quotes on love.
William Mountford: 66 quotes1 like

“To understand at all what life means, one must begin with Christian belief. And I think knowledge may be sorrow with a man unless he loves.”

William Mountford

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 364.

“God would never have let us long for our friends with such a strong and holy love, if they were not waiting for us.”

William Mountford

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 306.

“Only let us love God, and then nature will compass us about like a cloud of Divine witnesses; and all influences from the earth, and things on the earth, will be ministers of God to do us good. Only let there be God within us, and then every thing outside us will become a godlike help.”

William Mountford

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 430.

“And so among the ruins of our pride, we grow to be loving children of the Most High.”

William Mountford

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 331.

“Selfishness, eager for a heaven of enjoyment, is quite a different thing in the soul from love and purity and truth, yearning together for what is their natural element.”

William Mountford

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 302.

“Faith is the inspiration of nobleness, it is the strength of integrity; it is the life of love, and is everlasting growth for it; it is courage of soul, and bridges over for our crossing the gulf between worldliness and heavenly-mindedness; and it is the sense of the unseen, without which we could not feel God nor hope for heaven.”

William Mountford

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 220.