John Donne on continent
John Donne86 quotes“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.”
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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 In the first minute that my soul is infused, the Image of God is imprinted in my soul; so forward is God in my behalf, and so early does he visit me.
John DonneJohn Donne Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.
John DonneJohn Donne Our two souls therefore which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat.
John DonneJohn Donne Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
John DonneJohn Donne Love’s mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.
John DonneJohn Donne There is hook in every benefit, that sticks in his jaws that takes that benefit, and draws him whither the benefactor will.
John DonneJohn Donne I shall not live ’till I see God; and when I have seen Him, I shall never die.
John DonneJohn Donne Be more than man, or thou’rt less than an ant.
John DonneJohn Donne Poetry is a counterfeit creation, and makes things that are not, as though they were.
John DonneJohn Donne
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The Pan-Africanism that envisaged the ideal of wholeness was gradually cut down to the size of a continent, then a nation, a region, an ethnos, a clan, and even a village in some instances But Pan-Africanism has not outlived its mission.
Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate.
William GoldingWilliam Golding Continents of memory had been lost.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman Life is a vessel of sadness, but is noble to live life and without time there is no life. Others disagree.
Alan LightmanAlan Lightman A certain traveler who knew many continents was asked what he found most remarkable of all.
Adam ZagajewskiAdam Zagajewski She was too much for you…Pouring her love onto you, she thought she would quench your thirst, but you drowned…She didn’t know your heart was just a shot glass and not a continent.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan It is hoped that by God’s assistance, some of the continents in the Ocean will be discovered for the Glory of God.
Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.
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