Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
JOHN DONNEAny man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
JOHN DONNEIn heaven it is always autumn.
JOHN DONNEHumiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
JOHN DONNEWhat if this present were the world’s last night?
JOHN DONNEA man that is not afraid of a Lion is afraid of a Cat .
JOHN DONNEOnly our love hath no decay; this, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday, running it never runs from us away, but truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day.
JOHN DONNEIf we consider eternity, into that time never entered; eternity is not an everlasting flux of time, but time is as a short parenthesis in a long period; and eternity had been the same as it is, though time had never been.
JOHN DONNEBatter my heart, three-personed God, for you As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
JOHN DONNEMore than kisses, letters mingle souls.
JOHN DONNEAll occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons.
JOHN DONNENature’s great masterpiece, an elephant; the only harmless great thing.
JOHN DONNEOur critical day is not the very day of our death; but the whole course of our life.
JOHN DONNEI count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God, or in doing good.
JOHN DONNEPleasure is none, if not diversified.
JOHN DONNELove built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies.
JOHN DONNEPoor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
JOHN DONNE