John Donne on fear
John Donne86 quotes“As he that fears God fears nothing else, so he that sees God sees everything else.”
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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 Then love is sin, and let me sinful be.
John DonneJohn Donne If ever any beauty I did see, Which I desired, and got, ’twas but a dream of thee.
John DonneJohn Donne In heaven it is always autumn.
John DonneJohn Donne One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
John DonneJohn Donne
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MadonnaMadonna The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.
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Lady GagaLady Gaga I want the deepest, darkest, sickest parts of you that you are afraid to share with anyone because I love you that much.
Lady GagaLady Gaga Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There’s nothing wrong with fear.
Norman SchwarzkopfNorman Schwarzkopf A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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