John Donne on control
John Donne86 quotes“For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere.”
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The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.
John DonneJohn Donne Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.
John DonneJohn Donne I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
John DonneJohn Donne Nothing but man of all envenomed things, doth work upon itself, with inborn stings.
John DonneJohn Donne Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.
John DonneJohn Donne Man is not only a contributory creature, but a total creature; he does not only make one, but he is all; he is not a piece of the world, but the world itself, and next to the glory of God, the reason why there is a world.
John DonneJohn Donne To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.
John DonneJohn Donne If I dream I have you, I have you, for all our joys are but fantastical.
John DonneJohn Donne Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
John DonneJohn Donne As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.
John DonneJohn Donne Licence my roving hands, and let them go Before, behind, between, above, below.
John DonneJohn Donne Reason is our soul’s left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity
John DonneJohn Donne True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in.
John DonneJohn Donne O Lord, never suffer us to think that we can stand by ourselves, and not need thee.
John DonneJohn Donne No man is an island unto himself.
John DonneJohn Donne To know and feel all this and not have the words to express it makes a human a grave of his own thoughts.
John DonneJohn Donne
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I don’t know how to put my love down, or to keep holding too much of it.
Stephanie BriarStephanie Briar Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.
Thurgood MarshallThurgood Marshall Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights.
Sitting BullSitting Bull Why can’t we control our anger? because we love perfection. make a little room for imperfection in our lives.
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarSri Sri Ravi Shankar It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I’m supposed to think.
Clarence ThomasClarence Thomas Worry is assuming responsibilities that you cannot handle. They truth is, they are responsibilities that God never intended for you to handle, because they are His.
Charles R. SwindollCharles R. Swindoll Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.
John C. MaxwellJohn C. Maxwell As soon as government management begins it upsets the natural equilibrium of industrial relations, and each interference only requires further bureaucratic control until the end is the tyranny of the totalitarian state.
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