More from John Donne
Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.
John DonneJohn Donne Love is strong as death; but nothing else is as strong as either; and both, love and death, met in Christ. How strong and powerful upon you, then, should that instruction be, that comes to you from both these, the love and death of Jesus Christ!
John DonneJohn Donne When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
John DonneJohn Donne No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
John DonneJohn Donne Our critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.
John DonneJohn Donne Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.
John DonneJohn Donne Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
John DonneJohn Donne There is nothing that God hath established in a constant course of nature, and which therefore is done every day, but would seem a Miracle, and exercise our admiration, if it were done but once.
John DonneJohn Donne I count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God, or in doing good.
John DonneJohn Donne No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.
John DonneJohn Donne Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
John DonneJohn Donne I do not love a man, except I hate his vices, because those vices are the enemies, and the destruction of that friend whom I love.
John DonneJohn Donne For love all love of other sights controls and makes one little room an everywhere.
John DonneJohn Donne Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
John DonneJohn Donne All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
John DonneJohn Donne God is so omnipresent. God is an angel in an angel, and a stone in a stone, and a straw in a straw.
John DonneJohn Donne
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Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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The human body was designed by a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?
Robin WilliamsRobin Williams Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.
Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Medicine heals diseases of the body, wisdom frees the soul from passions.
DemocritusDemocritus Society is our extended mind and body.
Alan WattsAlan Watts My soul is not contained within the limits of my body. My body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.
Jim CarreyJim Carrey I think it’s so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.
Ariana GrandeAriana Grande Meditation is a great way to keep my body well-centered while juggling shooting schedules and recording sessions.
Ariana GrandeAriana Grande The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.
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