1. "...Devotion to the Good is the foundation of life." [Supermundane, 465]
2. "Devotion is the greatest quality, because it is based on the cosmic law of attraction, on which the entire universe rests." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 7. 044]
3. "Devotion is the rarest quality and will most likely lead to the goal. ... "Devotion is the basis of spirituality."" [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 2. 089]
4. "The shortest path, the path of the heart, is accessible to few, or rather, is chosen by few, because it requires a great quality of devotion, this rarest nobility… It is devotion that works wonders, it is the first quality that defines spirituality. Spirituality is unthinkable without this quality." [Letters of Helena Roerich in 9 Volumes - 2. 075]
5. "Through devotion one can reach all gates. Let us not forget this even for a moment. Precisely, let us be filled with the smile of devotion, and let us bless the daily routine." [Hierarchy, 177]
6. "If love gives the highest magnetism, then devotion confirms the phenomenon of resilience and steadfastness." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1954, 465]
7. "...How close the concepts of devotion and love are to the concept of victory." [Beautiful by Nicholas Roerich]
8. "Where enlightened working hands, where devotion and ardor of the heart, there will be success." [Solid Path by Nicholas Roerich]
9. "...Devotion is of greatest value when it is manifested in the fullest measure possible. Only then is created a powerful, beneficent effect, salutary even over great distances. The kind of devotion that only goes halfway belongs to the realm of hypocrisy. Man deceives himself and others in this way and generates powerful poisons. Man ought to be able to say that he is devoted, even when it is of no benefit to him. But what ugly devotion it is when people choose to be devoted only when it is profitable to them! Everyone will agree that such covetous devotion deserves a very different name. …Devotion is not slavery, it is a smile of understanding and sympathy. Ponder upon this beautiful word, sympathy, for it expresses harmony based upon the consonance of feelings." [Supermundane, 492]
10. "What is needed is devotion, tested by conscious action." [Agni Yoga, 24]
11. "Devotion is proved by action." [Leaves of Morya’s Garden I, 341]
12. "With what measure you measure, this will be measured to you. And the measure of full devotion and full aspiration will be the most fruitful." [Facets of Agni Yoga 1955, 19]
13. "How to awaken devotion? By goal-fitness." [Agni Yoga, 67]
14. "One should especially develop gratitude, because gratitude is the sister of loyalty." [Hierarchy, 182]
15. "What is devotion without love?" [Aum, 80]
16. "One must distinguish between absolute devotion and conditional devotion. Most often people display absolute devotion when they receive, but each act of giving in return is difficult because of self-imposed conditions. …One should remember that the measure of one's devotion determines the measure of receiving. …But the law does not take offense – it co-measures. Be assured of the co-measurement of devotion." [Agni Yoga, 87]
17. "Devotion – irrepressible, all-conquering, creative, adorning the path. Alertness – all-penetrating vision, all-comprehending, indefatigable, strengthening aspiration. Are there many who can cultivate within themselves both devotion and alertness? …The concept of devotion is vastly demeaned. People are quick to show discontent. ...Cherish each evidence of devotion. But the true measure of devotion is revealed only at times of difficulty. ...People usually understand devotion as love, readiness, or solicitude. But these fragments of devotion are only a smile of sympathy, whereas true devotion is radiant, like a warrior ready for battle. [Agni Yoga, 251]
18. "Devotion does not resemble a windmill, or a hired singer of praises. Rather, it resembles a firm tower upon a summit, which the enemies avoid in awe, but in whose chambers a shelter is ever prepared for a friend. Devotion is the opposite of doubt, which is nothing but ignorance. It means that devotion rests upon enlightenment. Thus, validity of learning is akin to devotion. It is not credulity, not levity, but firmness and steadfastness. Truly, the tower of devotion is not constructed by haphazard toil or by petty decisiveness; and devotion can be violated only by perfidy, which is the same as betrayal. But valuable are the towers of devotion! Such ashrams, like magnets, attract powerful hearts; they are nurseries of spirituality. Even material nature is transformed in the proximity of these towers!" [Hierarchy, 287]
