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Soul Quotes by John Donne
- And now good morrow to our waking souls, Which watch not one another out of fear; For love, all love of other sights controls, And…
- As virtuous men pass mildly away, and whisper to their souls to go, whilst some of their sad friends do say, the breath goes now,…
- 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…
- Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall see God, though he pore whole nights upon his Bible;…
- That subtle knot which makes us man So must pure lovers souls descend T affections, and to faculties, Which sense may reach and apprehend, Else…
- So, so, break off this last lamenting kiss, Which sucks two souls, and vapors both away.
- This Extasie doth unperplex (We said) and tell us what we love, Wee see by this, it was not sexe, Wee see, we saw not…
- Dull sublunary lovers' love (Whose soul is sense) cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove Those things which elemented it.
- If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two, Thy soul the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but…
- 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.
- Poor intricated soul! Riddling, perplexed, labyrinthical soul!
- Who ever comes to shroud me, do not harm Nor question much That subtle wreath of hair, which crowns my arm; The mystery, the sign…
- From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more, must flow, And soonest our best men with thee…
- At the round earth's imagined corners, blow Your trumpets, angels, and arise, arise From death, you numberless infinities Of souls **** All whom war, dearth,…
- 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,…
- Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.
- More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
- He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and…
- 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.…
- Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.
- Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right, By these we reach divinity
- That soul that can reflect upon itself, consider itself, is more than so.
- A bride, before a "Good-night" could be said, Should vanish from her clothes into her bed, As souls from bodies steal, and are not spied.…
- Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right.
More Soul Quotes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. — Aristotle
- The soul never thinks without a picture. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on… — Aristotle
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
- I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the… — Neil Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt